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Racial trauma

The psychological and embodied impact of experiencing racism across time—not just discrete incidents but the cumulative weight of navigating a world structured to diminish you, which can manifest as hypervigilance, grief, rage, or illness. Racial trauma is both personal (what happens to your mind and body) and collective (shared across generations and communities), making healing require both individual care and systemic change.

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