Symptoms of Racial Trauma

Institutional racism is differential access to good services and opportunities based on perceived racial identity. Environmental racism refers to disproportionate placement of hazardous materials near BIPOC communities, while protecting white communities. There is also individual racism, which includes the daily experiences that a person may encounter such as microaggressions. We can also have vicarious traumatic racism experiences, like seeing video or images of the murders of black Americans,. All of this can lead to racial trauma. Those who experience racial trauma have similar reactions to people who are survivors of other types of trauma.