Foundation for Inter-Ethnic Restoration
Home
Donate
About Us
Connect with Us
  • Contact Us
  • LinkTree
  • Volunteers
  • Partners & Sponsors
Resources
  • Racial Literacy Database
Initiatives
Disclaimer
Foundation for Inter-Ethnic Restoration
Home
Donate
About Us
Connect with Us
  • Contact Us
  • LinkTree
  • Volunteers
  • Partners & Sponsors
Resources
  • Racial Literacy Database
Initiatives
Disclaimer
More
  • Home
  • Donate
  • About Us
  • Connect with Us
    • Contact Us
    • LinkTree
    • Volunteers
    • Partners & Sponsors
  • Resources
    • Racial Literacy Database
  • Initiatives
  • Disclaimer
  • Sign In
  • Create Account

  • My Account
  • Signed in as:

  • filler@godaddy.com


  • My Account
  • Sign out

Signed in as:

filler@godaddy.com

  • Home
  • Donate
  • About Us
  • Connect with Us
    • Contact Us
    • LinkTree
    • Volunteers
    • Partners & Sponsors
  • Resources
    • Racial Literacy Database
  • Initiatives
  • Disclaimer

Account


  • My Account
  • Sign out


  • Sign In
  • My Account

Donate Now!

Donate Now!

Donate Now!

Donate Now!

Donate Now!

Donate Now!

Frequently Asked Questions

Please reach us at admin@fieratlanta.org if you cannot find an answer to your question.

Racial Trauma is PTSD from exposure to racism.


 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental health condition brought on by trauma. 


The [historical, social, emotional and psychological] awareness of other racial groups' personal experience that helps you to compassionately interact with and be an anti-racist ally to them.  It is about having the knowledge, skills, awareness and dispositions to talk about race and racism! 


A response to multiple, inter-personal and invasive traumatic experiences with wide-ranging and long-term effects. It involves interpersonal violation, violence and threats. 


An ally is an individual from another community with a differing culture, history and experience that dedicates themself to learning about, standing up for and supporting other racial communities. 


Race and Society

In a 2014 Newsweek article (written by Robert Sussman), the first paragraph reads: "In 1950, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) issued a statement asserting that all humans belong to the same species and that "race" is not a biological reality but a myth."


Today, a brief search on the internet will show several sources ranging from PBS to The Scientific American describing the consequences of Social Darwinism and Scientific Racism. They all describe various motivations, historical events and ideologies related to race. A myriad of statistics about  racial discrimination and racial disparities across institutions can easily relay the extent to which our society is permeated by racial bias and prejudice. Even now, a glance at the local news shows the rampant hate crimes taking place across the country. 


It's obvious that race is a social construct that has had generational effects on how communities interact with one another. While these articles are all important for a variety of reasons, they point to a few underlying and unacknowledged issues within our society:


1) Societal stigmatization of discussions centered around race--a lack of racial literacy that fosters racial gaslighting, racial tension, and racial trauma.


2) The lack of empathy between ethnic communities with regards to one another's lived experiences. 


3) The lack of knowledge about how ethnic communities are historically, psychologically and emotionally impacted by all four forms of racism. 


4) The absence of an inclusive, safe, validating space for communities to unite, express solidarity and share their experiences with racism, prejudice or race-based violence.


5) A lack of resources for people who struggle with racial trauma following covert or overt violence against their community.


Consequently, the inability to address these issues leaves society in a vicious social cycle of violence, trauma, tension, passivity, then silence.


The Foundation for Inter-Ethnic Restoration is dedicated to breaking that cycle. 

What does Racial Trauma do?

Dr. Monica Williams

Racial trauma, coined by Dr. Monica Williams, begs academia and all other institutions to pay attention to the psychological aftermath of racially tense experiences on an individual's psyche. Yet, to date, the American Psychology Association's DSM [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual fo Mental Disorders] has never acknowledged the role of racism and ethno-violence in the development of PTSD--racial trauma.  


PTSD is a reaction to a traumatic experience that impacts various facets of human functioning, including cognitive, behavioral, and affective components.


It is a highly disabling condition that tends to elicit pervasive and maladaptive avoidance behaviors associated with the traumatic experience.


The collective effects of environmental stress (e.g., prejudicial attitudes, racial discrimination) over time can produce cumulative trauma, as well as disturbances in self-regulatory processes, such as difficulties with angry behaviors, social avoidance, dissociative symptoms, depression and anxiety.


Chronic stress from cumulative trauma can also trigger physical health problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and more. 



 

Connection

Help us light a spark and ignite change within our community.  


 Click here to connect with us,   

Donate Now!

Insight

Candid Questions: Muslim Asian-American Perspective

Listen to a highlight of our interview with FIER Research Assistant, Naziat Hassan-Ahmed as she talks about life after 9/11 and  more!

Candid Questions: American Enough?

Check out this highlight of our interview with Hima as she describes growing up in the US as an immigrant. 

Fun Facts

United States Department of Justice

According to research conducted by the United States Department of Justice in 2020, 68% of *single-bias incidents were motivated by race/ethnicity/ancestry. 


[*A single-bias incident is defined as an incident in which one or more offense types are motivated by the same bias.] (Click here to learn more)

USAFacts.com

Anti-race/ethnicity/ancestry offenses have been the most prevalent offense since 1996; these offenses have also increased the most, accounting for 42% of the rise in hate crime between 2014 and 2019. (Click here to learn more.)

Equal Justice Initiative

Bias against African Americans overwhelmingly comprised the largest category of race-based hate crime incidents, with a total of 56% of race-based hate crimes being motivated by anti-Black bias. (Click here to learn more.) 

NBC News

The compilation of hate crime data, published by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, revealed that anti-Asian hate crime increased by 339 percent last year compared to the year before, with New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities surpassing their record numbers in 2020 (Click here to learn more.) 

Pew Research Center

Nearly two-thirds (64%) of Hispanics with darker skin say they personally experienced at least one of the eight discrimination incidents during the year previous to the survey, while 54% of Hispanics with lighter skin color say the same.  (Click here to learn more.) 

The Conversation

Initial findings from a survey conducted by researchers for The Conversation indicate that among white respondents, 65% said their parents had “never” or “rarely” had conversations with them about racism when they were children. (Click here to learn more.) 

Support us

We've taken steps, but we could be making strides!  Your support can help us better serve our community.

Georgia Securities and Charities Division ID: CH015248

Donate Now!

Donate Now!

Donate Now!

Donate Now!

Donate Now!

Donate Now!

Subscribe

Sign up to hear from us about summits, livestreams, events and more!

A Closer Look

Download PDF

Copyright © 2023 Foundation for Inter-Ethnic Restoration - All Rights Reserved.

Powered by GoDaddy Website Builder

  • Pre-Orientation
  • Post-Orientation

Stay in the loop!

Welcome! Donate and stay updated on our latest fundraisers, FIERside Chats and summits by subscribing to our monthly newsletter! 

Subscribe