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Are You Experiencing Racial Trauma? If You’re a BIPOC, Most Likely.

By Austa Somvichian-Clausen — 2020

Here’s what racial trauma is, and why it’s more common than you would expect.

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Collective Trauma From COVID-19

Events such as the COVID-19 pandemic can lead to collective trauma or long-term psychological effects that are shared by a large group of people.

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Kendra Cherry
2020
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Helping Children of Color Heal from Collective Trauma

At the individual level, the psychological effects of trauma can be acute or long term, depending on a person’s experience and access to care. But at the community level, a complex and collective experience of trauma can lead to irreparable harm that lasts for generations.

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Online Graduate Programs Blog
2021
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After Our Nation Grieves, It Can Grow

As a war veteran, I know that trauma survivors can emerge with a deeper, richer appreciation of life.

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Elliot Ackerman
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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James Baldwin Insisted We Tell the Truth About This Country. The Truth Is, We’ve Been Here Before

In each generation we have to experience the haunting ritual of a Black family grieving in public over the loss of a loved one at the hands of the police.

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Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
2020
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Resmaa Menakem Discusses Healing Racialized Trauma

Resmaa Menakem spoke to Good Day LA's Michaela Pereira to discuss racialized trauma on Dec. 11.

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Michael Pereira
2020
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What Is Collective Trauma?

How it could be impacting us.

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Danielle Render Turmaud
2020
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Why We Can’t Breathe

“If one of us cannot breathe, none of us can breathe,” writes Buddhist scholar Jan Willis in this poignant essay.

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Jan Willis
2014
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