This article identifies the increased exposure of racialized violence against Black Americans directly and via the media as potentially posing a deleterious threat to the emotional health and well-being of Black youth. We consider this process of cumulative witnessing to be a form of racial trauma that is deserving of adequate attention in family science. Drawing on previous race-related trauma scholarship, we present a conceptualization of cumulative witnessing that is particularly salient for Black youth and families. We identify both the potential negative effects of increased exposure to racial violence, but also acknowledge the potential for critical consciousness-raising through the familial process of racial socialization. Racial socialization efforts can also be augmented by clinicians who recognize the stress, emotional injury, and trauma related to racism and seek to address these offenses in a clinical context.

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成为年轻、有意识的黑人：黑人青年和家庭种族暴力的累积见证

本文指出，直接和通过媒体对美国黑人的种族化暴力行为的曝光增加可能对黑人青年的情绪健康和福祉构成有害威胁。我们考虑这个累积见证的过程成为一种种族创伤，值得家庭科学充分关注。借鉴以前与种族有关的创伤学术研究，我们提出了累积见证的概念化，这对黑人青年和家庭来说尤为突出。我们确定了种族暴力增加的潜在负面影响，但也承认通过种族社会化的家庭过程提高批判性意识的潜力。认识到与种族主义有关的压力、情感伤害和创伤并寻求在临床环境中解决这些罪行的临床医生也可以加强种族社会化的努力。