Sunday, November 7, 2010

Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary- Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (1/19)

Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary- Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (1/19)

Leary, who teaches social work at Portland State University, traces the way that both overt and subtle forms of racism have damaged the collective African-American psyche—harm manifested through poor mental and physical health, family and relationship dysfunction, and self-destructive impulses.