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Close your eyes. Think back to your childhood and try to remember a time when you fell and scraped your knee while riding your bike. The first time you experienced this injury you may have been frightened and the pain may have felt intense, depending on your tolerance and the severity of your wound. Yet, with time, and perhaps a Band-aid, you were probably able to recover from your injury without much lasting harm to your physical and emotional health.
Now, close your eyes again. Imagine if you fell and scraped your knee while riding your bike every day. Falling on a knee that was already tender because it had not had time to heal; it would have certainly intensified the pain you felt with each new injury. You might be worried and anxious while riding your bike, and you might even feel sad as you: (a). blame yourself for not being a better bike rider or (b). believe that you are powerless to stop yourself from falling. When your physical wounds finally heal, they may be thick, scarred and you may even have unseen internal damages to the bones and cartilage in your knee that affect you into adulthood.
Just as falling off your bike leaves scars on your knees, encounters with racism leave scars on your own emotional wellbeing. These scars, known as racialised trauma, occur as a result of repeated encounters with racism. While you may eventually be able to move forward, each new encounter with racism leads to additional scars to your emotional health. And after repeated encounters, you may start to question yourself-worth wondering "What is wrong with me?" or "Why am I being treated like this?" You may experience emotional reactions such as feelings of hopelessness, anger, shame, or outright frustration, and behavioural reactions such as avoidance of situations in which you anticipate being exposed to racism. And you may not even be aware that your reactions are in response to your encounters with racism. |
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Published on 04.03.2026 at 14:39 
