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This Is What Racial Trauma Does to the Body and Brain

By Jillian Wilson — 2020

In order for Black people to address their experiences and ultimately work toward healing, racial trauma needs to be acknowledged and implemented into mental health treatment trainings — because, as the experts we spoke to emphasized, racial trauma has its own set of challenges and effects for victims.

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To fight US racism, research prescribes a nationwide healing process

Calls for reform to policing across the nation can help to directly reduce police violence against civilians but don’t address the centuries-old underlying problems in American society.

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Benjamin Appel, Cyanne E. Loyle
2020
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Unpacking the Embodied Plantation Backpack

If you have an African American body, welcome. I wrote this blog post—and the body practice at the end—especially for you. (Everyone else, welcome as well—but please skip the body practice.)

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Resmaa Menakem
2021
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Rachel Ricketts’ New Book Explores How Spiritual Activism Can Be Used as a Tool to Heal from White Supremacy

A question many have been asking is what it will take for the racial healing that the world so desperately needs. Rachel Ricketts explores this topic in her new book Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy.

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Janice Gassam Asare
2021
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Can Racism Cause PTSD?

One major factor in understanding PTSD in ethnoracial minorities is the impact of racism on emotional and psychological well-being. Racism continues to be a daily part of American culture, and racial barriers have an overwhelming impact on the oppressed.

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Monnica T. Williams
2013
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Why Whites Like His Writing

“The history is what the history is. And it is disrespectful, to white people, to soften the history.”

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Felice León
2015
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Radicalizing Yoga and Bringing Social Justice to the Mat

Yoga teacher and activist Michelle C. Johnson talks to Nonviolence Radio about her book “Skill In Action.”

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Stephanie Van Hook
2019
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Unpacking the Embodied Plantation Backpack: The White Body’s Burden

Soon after an American baby is born, they are put into a cute little onesie. But at the same time, they also get fitted with a heavy, invisible backpack.

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Resmaa Menakem
2021
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Taking a Spiritual Approach to Anti-Racist Work

Racial justice educator Rachel Ricketts knows that anti-racism is new to a lot of people.

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Rachel Ricketts
2020
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First Person: Riding Along on Nelson Mandela’s First U.S. Tour

For Americans of all races, the Mandela visit was a celebration of triumph of right over wrong and an opportunity to see a giant of history.

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David Braun
2013
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White Supremacy Is Our Country’s Original Sin

The legacy of slavery, the genocide of Native Americans and the exploitation of immigrants remain unresolved and largely unacknowledged.

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Sharon Brous
2017
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