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Abuse that is not metabolized is often repeated in subsequent generations.

In order to heal from white supremacy, we must understand the roots of the trauma that created it.

"Throughout the United States' history as a nation, white bodies have colonized, oppressed, brutalized, and murdered Black and Native ones. But well before the United States began, powerful white bodies colonized, oppressed, brutalized, and murdered other, less powerful white ones."

Resmaa Menakem

How Racism Began as White-on-White Violence | by Resmaa Menakem

European Traditions of Violence and Torture

For over one thousand years, our white ancestors lived under the brutal conditions of continuous warfare and violence, ultimately creating a society in which slavery was ubiquitous and public torture was considered sport.

European Powers and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

The transatlantic slave trade was active for several hundred years before traders brought the first enslaved peoples to Virginia in 1619. The countries that founded these practices also were among the first colonizers on the American continents.

History of Trauma within White Ethnicities

Healing From White Supremacy

The concept of healing from white supremacy culture is in its infancy.  Consider how society might benefit if we could move beyond our trauma and live in a world healed of cruelty.