Your focus on the trauma is only addressing one issue. I did not say in the article that the trauma could never be changed, I said: “Whatever your ancestors endured becomes a part of who you are and the passage of time does not diminish the impact of the trauma.” I stressed this for those who comment that “slavery was hundreds of years ago” or “why don’t Black people just get over it.” I didn’t say that you said that, I wrote it to address what I knew would happen in this comment section. We have historically advocated for our rights and freedom for centuries. The issue is systemic racism and the fact that everyone chooses to talk around it, in front of it, behind it, but not actually about it to get to some solutions.

I only used Jewish people as an example because I've found that white people show much more compassion towards the Jewish experience than to the Black experience. There are several books that have been written to prove that trauma transfers through DNA so it's not a foreign concept (you can Google to find resources if interested). I'm not suggesting that the trauma is the same for us as it was for our ancestors, but I will also never deny that it exists because I am living proof of that. Any marginalized person with the knowledge of the TRUE account of their history doesn't have the luxury of turning their backs and denying what was done before them.

We work to mitigate our trauma as Black people on a DAILY basis. We are not in a hopeless situation. I have never heard a Black person voice any concern about what you are speaking of. When Black people speak about racism, the trauma is only a part of the effects of our treatment in this country. It's not enough to derail an entire movement.