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Intergenerational Trauma in the Black Community
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Multigenerational Trauma in the Black Community
Why is this Important?
The Issue
- Trauma ignored is trauma passed along
- We cannot fix what we don't understand
- Broken people cannot raise an emotionally whole person.
The Stats
The Stats
Suicides in Black Children under the age of 13 up by 92%
Black People made up 33% of the prison population in 2017
"The inner enemy is as much a formidable foe as the most manipulative [or oppressive] of assosciates"
- George Bach 1985
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What is Multi-Generational Trauma?
- Historical Trauma
- Characterized by continous or wide spread events that affect a family or community.
Generational Trauma
Transmission of Multi-Generational Trauma
Demographics affected
- Black diaspora (trans-atlantic slave trade, lynchings, segregation, torture,psychological warfare)
- American Natives (Invaded, forced onto reservations, mass murders, death marches, forced assimilation)
- Jewish (Mass extermination, segregation, torture, experimented on)
Affected Demographics
Reprecussions
Reprecussions
- Depression
- Grief
- Domestic Violence
- Substance Abuse
- Weakened Family Structure
- Significant loss of cultural knowledge (language,history,tradition)
What is Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome?
- Term coined by Psychologist and Social worker Joy DeGruy
- Explanatory theory that describes multi-generational trauma specifc to the African American community.
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
Dr. Joy DeGruy
M.S. Clinical Psychology
M.S. Social Work
P.h.D Social Work Research
The Cycle of Events
The Cycle
- 1st generation of slaves freed (torture,sold family,rape etc. not addressed)
- Creation of black codes & jim crow Nationwide push for eurocentric standards of beauty & culture.
-Preoccupation of White counterparts.
- Striving for otherness
Behavioral affects
Adaptive Behavior
-Black Mom/White Mom example
-Denigrate family in response to compliments
- Preferences for lighter skin, looser curls
-Beating Kids with switch
- Adapted behaviors that were not unlearned
What is Epigenetics?
The study of changes in people caused by the modification of their gene expression from enviornmental factors.
Epigenetics
Epigenetics experiment done on mice to test the heritabiliity of learned behaviors.
Epigenetics does not include the modification of one's genetic code.
How It Relates
- Epigenetics helps to understand the biological impact social stressors have on our bodies
-Racism (Overt & Covert) has been founded to be a severe psychosocial stressor
-Social inequities and stress in life can cause the formation of tags onto ones gene (think volume nob)