We, Tom Scheuermann and Robert T. Carter, espoused a skeptical view about the state of race relations three years ago in our 2012 law review article on race-based traumatic stress in the workplace (webpage publications). We documented that while racial harassment and discrimination in the...
Racism and its Psychological Consequences: Race-Based Traumatic Stress Injury Research in the area of racial harassment and racial discrimination demonstrates that harm can result in debilitating stress for people who have racial encounters that are memorable, out of their control, sudden, and are deeply emotionally painful...
In 2001, the US Surgeon General issued a report about the status of mental health with respect to racial and ethnic minority groups, which stated that ethnic and racial disparities were likely due to racism and discrimination. Empiric investigations have linked racism to poor mental...