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New research that will explore mental health interventions for young people affected by racism as well as ways to level the playing field for people of color in the music industry across genres has been launched, NME reported Oct. 11. The initiative, funded through Sony Music's Social Justice Fund, sees mental health charity Mind and race equality think tank The Runnymede Trust partner with Sony Music UK to deliver important new findings. Sony Music UK and Mind's Young People and Racial Trauma project will investigate the best mental health interventions for young people affected by racism. Per a press release, the new project will “seek to understand the best blueprint for interventions and support, given statistics show that people from racialised groups may be more likely to experience mental health problems but less likely to receive appropriate mental health support.” And Sony Music's work with The Runnymede Trust will deliver “ground‐breaking research exploring structural barriers that may prevent [B]lack, brown and ethnically diverse artists from starting or succeeding within genres where such artists are less represented.”