Racial trauma – The daily blog of behavioral and cognitive economics

Black men suffer racial trauma yet are seen as the threat

In my clinical and research work, I have heard versions of the same story many times. A Black man comes into the therapy room saying he is sleeping poorly. He feels irritable. He has started withdrawing from people he cares about because he does not want to keep explaining why ordinary situations leave him so tense. At first, it sounds a lot like everyday stress. But then he goes on to describe a supervisor who repeatedly questions his competence, coworkers who describe his tone as aggressive when he speaks directly, or a store employee who follows him aisle by aisle. ….[READ]