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How to navigate collective grief when you are expected to perform your pain

My city is grieving the police shooting but I am Black and my white friends expect me to educate them through my trauma

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Being asked to translate your suffering for others' comfort adds a second layer of violation to the original wound.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Collective grief — mourning public figures and tragedies?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.