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Post Traumatic Slavery Syndrome was coined after years of historical and psychological research and describes a set of behaviors, beliefs and actions associated with trauma experienced by African Americans...1/
Post Traumatic Slavery Syndrome was coined after years of historical and psychological research and describes a set of behaviors, beliefs and actions associated with trauma experienced by African Americans...1/
PTSS is when centuries of slavery in the US, followed by systemic and structural racism and oppression, including lynching, Jim Crow laws, and unwarranted mass incarceration, result in maladaptive behaviors, which originate as survival strategies.
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The syndrome continues because children are indoctrinated into the same behaviors as the parents.
PTSS can’t be treated clinically but requires social change in individuals and institutions that reify inequality and injustice toward the descendants of enslaved Africans.
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PTSS can’t be treated clinically but requires social change in individuals and institutions that reify inequality and injustice toward the descendants of enslaved Africans.
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The need to immediately forgive oppressors who rape, murder, or brutalize us has long been a survival strategy for Blacks. After all, seeking revenge would historically result in dire consequences & holding on to our rage without meaningful ways to express it was detrimental.
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So, whether you like the caption or not, the proclivity for Blacks to immediately forgive murderers is PTSS. It is a coping mechanism to deal with pain and trauma.
Wypipo you don’t know anything about it. To hell with y’all criticizing it without understanding it.
Wypipo you don’t know anything about it. To hell with y’all criticizing it without understanding it.
