The Effects of Racial Trauma on Mental Health in the Context of Multiple Harrowing Deaths Captured on TV and Media
“The Black/African American community has reached their breaking point with the narrative that Black lives are disposable.”
Racial tension is once again at an all-time high in the U.S. Many people have asked, “Why now? Why was the death of George Floyd the catalyst to this modern-day Civil Rights Movement?” The truth is: this movement is over 500 years in the making. Only now, social media has made us all acutely aware of injustices outside of those within our neighborhood. While this has allowed for a collective response and an awareness that these are not isolated events, it has also served to chronically re-traumatize the masses by witnessing the deaths….Read More
