By Sean Yoes — 2021
Many argue the Black American struggle for freedom and justice in the 20th century was facilitated mainly via two paths: faith (the church) and the law (the courtroom).
Read on afro.com
CLEAR ALL
Here’s a list of resources that may help if you’re looking for mental health support that validates and celebrates your Blackness.
1
Close to 11% of American adults with Hispanic ancestors don’t even identify as Hispanic or Latino.
Rhonda Magee explains how mindfulness-based awareness and compassion is key to racial justice work.
"Nice Racism" is built around a startling claim: White progressives can cause the most daily harm to people of color.
The antidote to white fragility is on-going and life-long, and includes sustained engagement, humility, and education.
Racism is increasingly recognized as a factor that plays a role in mental health as well as disparities in mental health care. This can be particularly true among many of the most marginalized groups, including Indigenous communities.
Jason Reynolds both embodies and inspires innate human powers of fortitude and imagination.
In Minor Feelings, her first book of nonfiction prose, Cathy Park Hong reflects on learning to write about race. Throughout, she describes herself as working against an unfortunate archetype: the narrative that presents racial trauma as a kind of catalyst for personal growth.
While individuals of all racial-ethnic minority groups are at risk of experiencing racial discrimination and racial trauma, Black Americans are especially at risk, as anti-Black racism is individual, systemic, and historical.
Therefore, the fight against racism has to focus on emotional and spiritual work as much as does the external shifts.