Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome with Dr. Joy Degruy

On this episode of The Afrocentric Social Worker Podcast I talk with nationally and internationally recognized author, researcher and fellow Social Worker, Dr. Joy Degruy. She discusses her work and book Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing. I've been talking to a lot of you about the way forward for the black community in the wake of Covid-19 and our continuous trauma of either hearing about or watching the death of black people on TV. Many of you were not familiar with the work of Dr. Degruy had not been introduced to her research in your undergrad or graduate level Social Work programs. This is problematic because we can't fix something that we don't understand. If do not have an appropriate Afrocentric orientation toward our problems, we will continue to use Eurocentric models to fix them. I hope you are able to learn and grow in this episode and develop a greater understanding of 4 concepts that she shares in her book. 1. Vacant Esteem 2. Ever present anger 3. Racial Socialization 4. Respect