Susan, thank you for sharing your experience. It reminds me of the fallacy of the saying, "Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me!" Experiences of racism are cumulative trauma.
We have so much work to continue on anti-racism--individually, among our friends and families, and as a country. May all the causes …
Susan, thank you for sharing your experience. It reminds me of the fallacy of the saying, "Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me!" Experiences of racism are cumulative trauma.
We have so much work to continue on anti-racism--individually, among our friends and families, and as a country. May all the causes of justice take hold more and more throughout our lives and with the up and coming generations of younger people.
Then with the figuring out cumulative trauma comes figuring out ways of healing. I’m glad you shared your experience with this group and are connected with Stop AAPI Hate. I hope they are helpful to you. As you noted, everyone has to step up to call out racism in the moment and to take preventive measures of both learning ourselves and teaching younger people about anti-racism.
Susan, thank you for sharing your experience. It reminds me of the fallacy of the saying, "Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me!" Experiences of racism are cumulative trauma.
We have so much work to continue on anti-racism--individually, among our friends and families, and as a country. May all the causes of justice take hold more and more throughout our lives and with the up and coming generations of younger people.
And Happy Birthday!
It took me a long time to figure out it was cumulative trauma.
Then with the figuring out cumulative trauma comes figuring out ways of healing. I’m glad you shared your experience with this group and are connected with Stop AAPI Hate. I hope they are helpful to you. As you noted, everyone has to step up to call out racism in the moment and to take preventive measures of both learning ourselves and teaching younger people about anti-racism.