“…Racism has also been connected to psychological well-being as manifested in trauma-related symptoms (Adams, 1990; Harrell. Merchant, & Young, 1997; Root, 1993), depression (Comas-Diaz & Greene, 1994; Fernando, 1984; Salgado de Snyder, 1987), general psychological distress (Amaro, Russo, & Johnson, 1987; Jackson et al, 1996; Pak et al, 1991), substance abuse (Neuspiel, 1996), eating problems (Thompson, 1992), psychosomatization (Comas-Diaz & Greene, 1994), and violence (Kirk, 1986). The evidence is compelling, and growing, that racism is pathogenic with respect to a variety of physical and mental health outcomes.…”