Campus Climate Trauma: Students of Color Living and Reliving Traumatic Experiences
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2 min readApr 14, 2020
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Campus trauma can be described as chronic, ongoing stress from past and new experiences with the education system. These experiences can be exacerbated by acute traumatic events such as acts of racism and hate crimes. In classrooms, students of color may often be asked to share their experiences for educational public consumption at the expense of reliving these traumatic experiences. Educators can foster a learning environment in which students of color can heal and thrive without the additional burden of campus trauma.
