Is the adverse childhood experience of racial discrimination referring to depressive symptoms in school children leading to burdened motherhood with minority or mixed race need in-depth studies?

Abstract

Adverse childhood experience (ACE) due to racial discrimination is prevalent in vulnerable individuals belonging to minority communities both in high and low-income countries. Secondary education requires at least 10 yrs accomplishing the ordinary level. Investing in this formative decade is of prime importance in the overall well-being of a layman. Racial discrimination at the college level is a chronic multifaceted stress reservoir. Thus, depression, generalized anxiety, suicidality, and negative impact on self-esteem encounter as main symptoms of “racially marginalized syndrome”. ACEs affect neurobiological, cognitive, and social-emotional development. Cumulative ACEs emerge as predictors of cascading life course problems such as academic failures, and sub-optimal socio-emotional behaviors. Perhaps, post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD) marks the most devastating outcome of a neglected child who suffered from adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Furthermore, PSTD leads to mental illnesses and negative impact on the overall quality of life of the affected and the immediate family members. It is of prime importance for any government and non-governmental organizations to ease the burden of motherhood by training healthcare community workers and clergy to assist, affected children with resilience development and cope up skills. Importantly, the prevention of ACEs due to racial disharmony should be the number one priority of public policy, in multi-racial and poly-religious socialist democratic republics, in any part of the world. There is a paucity of information on the adverse childhood experience of racial discrimination referring to depressive symptoms in school children leading to burdened motherhood with minority or mixed race. Against this backdrop, this communication emphasizes the importance of conducting longitudinal in-depth studies on this aspect of ethnic issues.