According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 61% of Black children, 51% of Hispanic children, 40% of White children and 23% of Asian children have experienced an ACE.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/milletienne/2023/10/10/childhood-experiences-alter-brain-development-a-neurologist-explains/

“As a woman with Black children, I would think that would be even more reason NOT to say that word.

Source: https://madamenoire.com/1346464/thats-not-how-it-works-blueface-permitted-baby-mama-jaidyn-alexis-to-say-the-n-word/

Brooks primarily works with Black children and families experiencing the impact of complex post-traumatic stress disorder, which is often derived from trauma that exists in various generations within a family.

Source: https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/people-of-all-generations-healing-together-black-mental-health/

Damien Posey, 44, grew up in historically Black neighborhoods in San Francisco, where he heard gunshots at night and was bussed to schools in neighborhoods that weren’t so welcoming to Black children.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/05/16/black-californians-hope-state-reparations-dont-become-another-broken-promise/

The Clarks’ research would be cited in footnote 11 of the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education as an example of the harms that segregation inflicted on the “hearts and minds” of Black children.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/decoding-barbies-radical-pose