August 20, 2024
by Patricia Tomasi
A new study published in the Journal of Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy looked at burnout, racial trauma, and protective experiences of Black psychologists and counselors. “We studied Black mental health professionals who worked with Black clients who were dealing with racial trauma,” study author Eric M. Brown told us.
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In 1938 Abel Meerpol, who was white and Jewish, wrote a poem entitled “Strange Fruit”. He added music in 1939. When Billie Holiday sang it at Cafe Society in Greenwich Village, which was the first integrated club in New York, it became a passionate and disturbing anthem for the Civil Rights movement.
The “Strange Fruit” referred to the lynchings of black men in the South.
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