Racial Trauma is the trauma that you experience as a result of ongoing individual, communal and systemic racism, racial bias, and exposure to racist actions, behaviors and thoughts in your life and environment. Racial trauma can affect almost every area of your life including your ability to feel confident and good about yourself, concentrate on work or school, develop and maintain sustainable relationships and feeling safe.

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Racial Trauma can look differently for everyone. Do you feel that you are judged and stigmatized because of the color of your skin? Do you feel that you are judged because of assumptions about people from your background? Do you have lived experience of racism? Have you experienced racism at work or in your daily life?