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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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Resmaa Menakem on Why Healing Racism Begins with the Body

Trauma therapist and author of My Grandmother's Hands talks honestly and directly about the historical and current traumatic impacts of racism in the U.S., and the necessity for us all to recognize this trauma, metabolize it, work through it, and grow up out of it.

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Resmaa Menakem
2021
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21-Day Racial Equity Indigenous Challenge – Fighting White Supremacy Since 1492

“Just a reminder: the system in what is currently known as the US isn’t ‘broken.’ It was designed by male white supremacist slaveowners on stolen Indigenous land to protect their interests. It’s working as it was designed.” ~Dr. Adrienne Keene (Cherokee)

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Dr. Eddie Moore
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‘White Fragility’ Is Everywhere. But Does Antiracism Training Work?

Robin DiAngelo’s best seller is giving white Americans a new way to talk about race. Do those conversations actually serve the cause of equality?

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Daniel Bergner
2020
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My Grandmother’s Hands

America has been dealing with race issues for a long time. Perhaps making more headway requires a different approach—one that’s less conceptual, more body-focused.

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Psychology Today
2017
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Encouraging Meaningful Conversations About Race and Trauma

Moments of calm, Jenée Johnson believes, are the foundation of emotional intelligence and its skills of resilience and compassion.

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Victoria Dawson
2019
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A Buddhist Call to Action Against the Suffering of Racism

Buddhist teachings are grounded in principles of interdependence, non-separation, and reverence for life, supported by practices of mindfulness and compassion.

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Tara Brach
2016
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Racism Is the Temptation White People Have Yet to Overcome

We've done our share of racism while we blame it on the racist generations that went before us. Maybe just apologizing for our own sins against a people would be a start.

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Joan Chittister
2020
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My Grandmother’s Hands: Resmaa Menakem and Pamela Ayo Yetunde in Conversation

Community Dharma Leader Pamela Ayo Yetunde speaks with psychotherapist Resmaa Menakem about his New York Times bestselling book My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and a Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies.

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Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Resmaa Menakem
2020
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Black Wall Street Today: The Community Was Not Destroyed

White masses, laced with anger and jealousy, armed with white supremacy, propaganda, and the powers afforded to them by the Jim Crow South, did carry out one of the worse incidents of racial violence in U.S. history.

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Tanya A. Christian
2021
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5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Be a Better BIPOC Ally

Sometimes, doing the work means looking at yourself and your actions first.

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Tonya Russell
2021
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