Racism and Invisibility

@article{Franklin2006RacismAI,
  title={Racism and Invisibility},
  author={Anderson J. Franklin and Nancy Boyd-Franklin and Shalonda Kelly},
  journal={Journal of Emotional Abuse},
  year={2006},
  volume={6},
  pages={30 - 9}
}
SUMMARY This article presents an overview of the complex experiences of racism and the invisibility syndrome as they relate to issues of race-related stress, emotional abuse, and psychological trauma for people of color. Racism, through domination, power, and White privilege, is manifested in its individual, institutional, and cultural forms. Race-related stress is discussed as an outcome of perceived racism creating emotional abuse and psychological trauma. Consequences of racism are… 
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