Description
This article supports congregational leaders as they are learning about racism and it's affects on the black community. With insight, the author explains the toll it takes. This article describes how racism can cause post-traumatic stress which in turn can affect a person's physical and mental health.
Features
implications of institutional racism; identifying anxiety- like symptoms; trauma coping mechanisms
Practical Applications
- Learn how microaggressions or routing slights can trigger psychological stress.
- Discover the the most common coping mechanisms of trauma in African Americans.
