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Breaking the Psychological Chains of Slavery
Making Contact
English - February 01, 2013 22:44 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsPolitics News Society & Culture Documentary news makingcontact politics publicmedia racialjustice socialjustice Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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African-Americans have endured one of the most painful eras of American history – an era that has been normalized and justified not only by institutions that have been complicit with slavery but also by African-Americans themselves. Dr. Joy DeGruy is the author of “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing”, she argues that African-Americans suffer from a deep psychological trauma that has been passed on through generations.