School of Nursing, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
School of Rehabilitation and Medical Sciences, The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA.
Nurs Inq. 2022 Jul;29(3):e12501. doi: 10.1111/nin.12501. Epub 2022 Jun 16.
Being racialized as Black in the United States has contributed to this population having to operate with a level of race-induced trauma, especially those who are darkly melanated. Historically, Black persons have been terrorized into colonization, and the cultural psychology of anti-Blackness has been entrenched in our society. Through the practice of racialization, the historical, social, and political processes of constructing racial identities and meanings have impacted the formation of understanding of the body and the rationalization of hierarchy. In addition, the internalization of these ideas of hierarchy and difference within power/knowledge relations that they (re)produce is pervasive among people in the United States. This article aims to explicitly highlight racism as trauma, address the relevance of radical self-care when disrupting anti-Black racism, and consider steps to promote trauma responsiveness when incorporating these practices.
在美国被种族化为黑人，导致这一人群不得不承受一定程度的种族创伤，尤其是那些肤色较深的人。从历史上看，黑人一直受到殖民化的威胁，反黑人的文化心理在我们的社会中根深蒂固。通过种族化的实践，构建种族身份和意义的历史、社会和政治过程影响了对身体的理解和等级制度的合理化。此外，这些等级和差异观念在权力/知识关系中的内化在 美国人民中普遍存在。本文旨在明确地将种族主义视为一种创伤，探讨在打破反黑人种族主义时激进的自我关怀的相关性，并考虑在采用这些实践时促进对创伤的反应的步骤。
