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BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, Dr. Jennifer M. Gómez, PhD, Ford Fellow, received her doctorate in clinical psychology in 2017 from University of Oregon. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Wayne State University Postdoctoral to Faculty Transition Fellowship Program, researching trauma in Black youth and young adults at Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute. Additionally, she is a co-editor of the upcoming special issue of Journal of Trauma & Dissociation—Discrimination, Violence, & Healing in Marginalized Communities (2018-2021). In proposing cultural betrayal trauma theory, Dr. Gómez incorporates interpersonal trauma in conjunction with discrimination to examine mental health outcomes in Black and other minority populations.
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Following a quarter of a century - from the testimonies of Anita Hill, J.D., to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford - the U.S. is still struggling: with both how not to violate women, as well as how not to silence them.
"Awareness in and of itself is not a moral virtue. It’s what happens after the awareness that counts." Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo Movement Dr.…
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