Tag: post traumatic slave syndrome
‘Racial Battle Fatigue’ Is Real: Victims of...
Black people are experiencing a scientific phenomenon that is not a figment of their collective imagination. It is having an impact on their mental...
Report: There Are Too Few School Counselors...
As the nation grapples with the problems of the school-to-prison pipeline and the intersection of racial justice, the criminal justice system, law enforcement and...
Trauma and Poverty Alters the Brains of...
The shame is not ours. That holds true of the horrors and the trauma of the Middle Passage, and the toll it exacted on...
Watch Dr. Joy DeGruy Expertly Dismantle White...
Renowned researcher and educator Dr. Joy DeGruy speaks to a crowd of academics in this classic 2008 clip from a London lecture about post...
Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome and Intergenerational Trauma: Slavery...
The new reboot of the miniseries “Roots” reminds us of the physical toll that slavery has taken on Black people. Slavery was an exploitative...
New Study Says Black Teens Suffer from...
A new study reveals that Black adolescents experience more stress due to poor sleep, which leads to academic, behavioral and health issues. The findings...
Studies Find that Hurricane Katrina Survivors Suffer...
Hurricane Katrina destroyed property, claimed lives and forced over half a million residents to flee. An estimated 100,000 Black people have not returned home...
Atlanta Cyclorama Presents: ‘Slavery, The Civil War,...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 6pm - 8pm, The Atlanta Cyclorama will host a free lecture "Slavery, The Civil War, and African American Mental...