"We Wear the Mask": Self-Definition as an Approach to Healing From Racial Battle Fatigue

Okello, Wilson Kwamogi; Quaye, Stephen John; Allen, Courtney; Carter, Kiaya Demere; Karikari, Shamika N.

doi:10.1353/csd.2020.0049

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“…Finally, Black queer communities engage with personal, collective, and ancestral survival mechanisms to conceptualize and implement resistance strategies as well as maintain a commitment to their visions for a world free of White supremacy and heterosexism (Harper et al, 2019; Meyer, 2014; Mosley et al, 2020; Okello et al, 2020). For example, research suggests that many Black queer individuals utilize religious and spiritual belief systems and practices (e.g., church membership) in order to develop and maintain a sense of resiliency, connect with their collectives, and learn strategies to resist oppression (Dangerfield et al, 2019; Garrett-Walker & Torres, 2017; Lassiter, Brewer, & Wilton, 2020).…”

Section: A Theoretical Framework To Promote Radical Healing Among Bla...mentioning

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Toward radical healing: A qualitative metasynthesis exploring oppression and liberation among Black queer people.

Mosley¹,

McNeil-Young²,

Bridges³

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Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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The revised guidelines for working with sexual minority populations encourage psychologists to recognize and intentionally consider the personal, interpersonal, and institutional stressors and resiliencies in queer individuals and communities (American Psychological Association [APA], 2021). Yet without an understanding of how queer folx describe the experience and impact of identity-based oppression and hate, as well as justice and liberation, psychologists may struggle to apply the guidelines. The qualitative research studies conducted in the decade since the last guidelines (APA, 2012) were released provide a wealth of information about how Black queer people describe oppression and liberation. Thus, the current qualitative metasynthesis provides an analysis of the qualitative studies that focus on Black queer people and their experiences of oppression and hate, as well as justice and liberation (N = 106). Thematic analysis was utilized within the metasynthesis. Four major themes were uncovered: (a) the omnipresence of oppression and hate at the collective level, (b) absence of safety at the relational level, (c) pain and possibilities in the cycle of HIV stigma for Black queer men, and (d) self-acceptance and social support. The findings are discussed in light of extant scholarship, and a discussion and table of implications are provided for psychologists seeking to be accountable to the thematic findings in their practice.

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Section: A Theoretical Framework To Promote Radical Healing Among Bla...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward radical healing: A qualitative metasynthesis exploring oppression and liberation among Black queer people.

Mosley¹,

McNeil-Young²,

Bridges³

et al. 2021

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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“…On a physiological level, persistent, high‐effort coping with acute and chronic stressors can have a profound effect on health. (Geronimus et al., 2006, p. 826)Emergent research widens these findings' implications by examining racism as an environmental stressor that can have erosive effects on racially minoritized communities (Boylorn & Young, 2019a, 2019b; Okello et al., 2020; Smith et al., 2006). Relatedly, anti‐Black racism and its traumatic values can be internalized by oppressed people and survive as traumatic retentions (Menakem, 2017).…”

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“I was right there”: Explicating the relationship between trauma, history, and the body

Okello

2022

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If trauma is always "right there" for Black people, educators and practitioners must wrestle with the compounding nature of history, the body, and trauma that manifests in students' nuanced and analogous experiences. In the wake of increasing access to public acts of terror and violence, this article explicates the trauma-body-history relationship in relation to anti-Blackness and offers some implications in the service of Black student's healing and survival.

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“…(p. 271) Though they might appear to be harmless, the weight of microaggressions can accumulate on an individual over time. Microaggressions may have major implications for the mental and physical health of an individual, resulting in racial battle fatigue, which is a physiological response to the influence of racism in the lives of people of color (Husband, 2016;Okello et al, 2020;Smith, Hung, & Franklin, 2011;Smith, Yosso, & Sol orzano, 2011).…”

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“…Smith et al (Smith, Hung, & Franklin, 2011;Smith, Yosso, & Sol orzano, 2011) used the term HWI to refer to academic spaces that have traditionally served predominantly White constituents. Much research has been done on the experiences of African Americans who study and work in these historically and predominantly White environments (Arnold et al, 2016;Husband, 2016;Okello et al, 2020;Smith, Hung, & Franklin, 2011;Smith, Yosso, & Sol orzano, 2011). These experiences were often related to effects of racism on people of color.…”

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Racial socialization and perceived social support for African American fathers in academia

Williams

2022

Family Relations

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to understand the role that racial socialization plays in African American fathers' abilities to balance the responsibilities of being productive scholars and active parents and understand how racial socialization affects the perceived social support in the home and work environments. Background: Though there is research on the microaggressions and implicit bias that African American faculty face, there is little research that specifically details the experiences of those balancing both the father and faculty member roles. Method: Data were collected using semistructured interviews with 20 African American fathers who were employed as faculty members at various institutions in the United States. Additionally, I explored how the murders related to the #SayTheirName movement influenced conversations fathers had with their children related to racial socialization and anti-Black racism in the United States. Results: Participants noted that they experienced microaggressions in their academic environments. They were perceived as intimidating or characterized as the Angry Black Man. These perceptions were sources of mundane extreme environmental stress for participants. An emergent finding related to social support and work-life balance was that most study participants were members of Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs) and found instrumental, informational, and emotional social support from these relationships. Conclusion: Racial socialization received in their upbringing was a source of self-efficacy for some participants. Additionally, perceived social support from the home and work environment was important for the participants' individual development, yet it was not the primary factor that influenced their work-life balance.

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"We Wear the Mask": Self-Definition as an Approach to Healing From Racial Battle Fatigue

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Toward radical healing: A qualitative metasynthesis exploring oppression and liberation among Black queer people.

Toward radical healing: A qualitative metasynthesis exploring oppression and liberation among Black queer people.

“I was right there”: Explicating the relationship between trauma, history, and the body

Racial socialization and perceived social support for African American fathers in academia

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