BLACK TRAUMA REPORT: Understanding Race-Based Traumatic Stress, Injury and Violence
A groundbreaking examination of how historical and ongoing racial trauma impacts Black bodies, minds, and communities - and the pathways toward healing and liberation.
Essential Reading for Understanding Racial Trauma
Drawing on cutting-edge research in epigenetics, neuroscience, and psychology, The Black Trauma Report provides an unprecedented analysis of how racism and white supremacy create deep psychological and physiological wounds.
Leading Experts Featured
- • Resmaa Menakem on embodied racial trauma and the path to mending
- • Dr. Joy DeGruy on Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
- • Dr. William A. Smith on Racial Battle Fatigue
- • Dr. Nzingha Dalila on Race-Based Traumatic Stress Injury
- • Dr. Robin DiAngelo on White Fragility
- • And many other pioneering scholars and practitioners
Key Insights
- • How trauma changes our DNA and gets transmitted to future generations
- • The connection between historical oppression and present-day health disparities
- • Understanding "dirty pain" versus "clean pain" in Racial Healing Work
- • The role of cognitive biases in maintaining systems of white supremacy
- • Ways that internalized racism manifests as self-defeating behaviors
- • The impact of microaggressions and "racial battle fatigue" on wellbeing
Benefits for Readers
Comprehensive Framework
Gain a comprehensive framework for understanding racial trauma at individual and collective levels
Evidence-Based Strategies
Discover evidence-based strategies for healing racial trauma and building resilience
Accessible Research
Access cutting-edge research explained in accessible language with practical applications
Recognition Tools
Learn to recognize signs of intergenerational and race-based traumatic stress
Systemic Understanding
Understand how white supremacy impacts bodies, minds, and behavior across generations
Path to Liberation
Find hope and guidance for breaking cycles of trauma while working toward systemic change
Who Needs This Report?
This unprecedented report weaves together history, science, psychology and lived experience to illuminate how racism traumatizes bodies and minds across generations.
Mental Health Professionals
Working with racialized trauma and seeking evidence-based approaches
Educators & Academics
Studying racial justice and incorporating trauma-informed approaches
Community Organizers
Building movements that address both personal and systemic healing
Healthcare Providers
Addressing racial health disparities through trauma-informed care
Parents & Caregivers
Raising children with healthy racial identity and resilience
Anyone Seeking Healing
Understanding and healing from personal and collective racial trauma
Beyond Understanding – A Roadmap for Healing
The Black Trauma Report doesn't just describe problems—it provides a roadmap for healing. By bringing together leading-edge research with ancestral wisdom, it lights the way toward both personal and collective healing from the profound impacts of racism and white supremacy.
The Black Trauma Report
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