Tag: psychology and racism

Nervous systems do not calm because a policy is clarified. They calm when impact is honored. When someone stays.

I started to understand that I wasn’t just being trained in therapeutic skills. I was being trained to conform.

In the American Psychologist, researchers argue that the process of acculturation often involves racist ideologies, leading to racial trauma.

Without clarity and consensus around what social justice means, psychologists risk perpetuating injustices that undermine their stated mission.

New research provides evidence that police killings of unarmed Black Americans impact the mental health of Black Americans.