Can We Talk About It?: Bomb Threats at Historical Black Colleges

By Loretta Simpson
Reported on Tuesday, 01 February 2022

Shame on the perpetrators and shame on America.

Bomb threats at many Historical Black Colleges are one of the many reasons why Africans born in America inherit or experience post-traumatic stress is due to racial trauma. 

If you live in America and you are not a European, you have experienced many forms of racial trauma. Racial trauma is defined as race-based traumatic stress, which are the repeated effects of racism on mental and physical health. See what is racial trauma: 

The diversity and inclusion agenda is creating fear and displacement in workplace environments and communities. Diversity and inclusion should mean that equity and access are ingrained into the culture. Without equity and access; it is exclusion.

The way forward is to have knowledge of self and love of culture. We must be mentally, physically, and emotionally prepared, in season and out of season. We must be conscious beings who operate from a place of love and not hate. We must be the change we want to see. 

In the future, we will look at the implications and effects of racial trauma and how it negatively impacts socialization. It is clear that the world is shifting and the demographic changes are creating uncertainties that are driven by fear, within the current/past systems.

#BWiseafricam #Diversity #Inclusion #EquityandAccess

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Loretta Simpson has spent her life using her personal and career experiences to help individuals, overcome disadvantages in public policy and public practices. Teaching individuals to recognize their strengths and innate learned abilities are her greatest strengths. She believes that Africans have a right to education, equity, and access. She knows how to effectively help others in education development, personal development, program implementation, community planning, and family/community engagement. She is a social justice champion and an encourager to those who need a word of encouragement. Her work is a labor of love. She knows there is no single approach that works for everyone, so she continues to educate herself on emerging learning modalities and tools to provide the most comprehensive programs and services that empower individuals, students, families, and the community. She has over twenty years of experience in community counseling, organizational psychology, and effectively providing person-centered and need-based services. She is committed to cultural awareness, understands the importance of cultural identity, and values cross-cultural differences.

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