3.3 When Viral Images of Anti-Black Violence Keep “Trending”: The Impact of Media-Induced Vicarious Trauma on Black Youth

When considering the effects of racism on Black youth, it is important to recognize that trauma is not always intentional abuse and neglect. Trauma in Black youth can manifest as vicarious racial trauma, whereby Black youth experience second-hand exposure to raw, unedited, violent images of brutality against Black people. With the increasing prevalence of social media in society, Black youth have more immediate access to traumatizing imagery depicting assassinations of Black people who look like them.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research