2006/10/24 by Anderson J. Franklin, Nancy Boyd‐Franklin, Shalonda Kelly · 1 citation
Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Agency (philosophy) #Criminology #Feeling #Gender studies #Invisibility #Medicine #Mental Health Treatment and Access #Migration, Health and Trauma #Political science #Privilege (computing) #Pseudoxanthoma elasticum #Psychology #Psychometrics of racism #Racial and Ethnic Identity Research #Racism #Social psychology #Social science #Sociology #White privilege
paper · doi:10.1300/j135v06n02_02
openalex publication_date 2006/10/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
SUMMARY This article presents an overview of the complex experiences of racism and the invisibility syndrome as they relate to issues of race-related stress, emotional abuse, and psychological trauma for people of color. Racism, through domination, power, and White privilege, is manifested in its individual, institutional, and cultural forms. Race-related stress is discussed as an outcome of perceived racism creating emotional abuse and psychological trauma. Consequences of racism are considered for family and couple relationships. A case example is presented illustrating the issues of racism in the professional and personal development of a staff member in a mental health agency. Examples of interventions to combat racism are given, such as identifying resilience and strengths of people of color, and the role of the antiracist movement.