My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

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Menakem: That’s exactly right. That’s why what you see now is like the flower of the seed of that. That’s what you’re seeing right now. And so when you say little things, the body hears, “Yeah, that’s right. They ain’t human.” Hey, are we — I feel like we’re so animated in here. OK? I was worried if the microphones are gonna be — if they can handle it.

Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris – Why We're All Suffering from Racial Trauma (Even White People) -- and How to Handle It | Resmaa Menakem – 1:18:45". radiopublic.com . Retrieved 2020-11-26. Tippett: So this is all new. As you say, it’s new information that lands like “Oh, of course, we knew that all along.” My Grandmother's Hands was an interesting book about racialized trauma and its effects on our bodies. As a therapist, trauma specialist, and the founder of Justice Leadership Solutions, a leadership consulting firm, Resmaa dedicates his expertise to coaching leaders through civil unrest, organizational change, and community building. As well, the author leads us to examine intergenerational trauma—traumatic events that affected parents and grandparents.

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Cotton plants have burrs in them that will cut you wide open. Eventually, her hands adapted to the repeated trauma in a way that protected her. But her hands looked odd, almost deformed, as a result. I also noticed stereotypical ideas about weight and overweight people. I did not appreciate that and I do not think it was necessary at all. Tippett: Resmaa Menakem has a clinical practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and teaches and presents widely. His books include the New York Times best-selling My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies. white supremacy is more accurately called white-body supremacy. it's got less to do with supremacy of white skin and more to do with supremacy of bodies that are considered white. this could be seen as semantic but is quite helpful. I've studied racism and been part of anti-racism work for over 25 years, and I have to say, this book is one of the most valuable pieces of work on the topic that I've read. Menakem's teachings don't replace or supplant other racial liberation tactics or philosophies, but instead give us a fresh way to expand how we understand the lived racial experience we ALL have. It gives us another road into this work, a road that seems essential to travel, even as we commit and recommit ourselves to multiple additional types of racial liberation work. Plus, Menakem's writing style is accessible, clear and blunt - just what this topic needs.

These can bebuilt, day by day, throughreps. These communal life and invitational reps willtemper andcondition your body, your mind, and your soul to hold the charge of race My Grandmother’s Hands is about our human bodies; about how trauma affects them; about how that trauma is passed down through the generations; and about how resilience and trauma interact. The same bodily forces that make us resilient can also encourage us to harm one another. Menakem, Remaa (2017) My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies , Central Recovery Press.Offers a step-by-step healing process based on the latest neuroscience and somatic healing methods, in addition to incisive social commentary. Menakem: It’s always been there. There’s always been this kind of resonant knowing that something’s there. Because it’s been decontextualized and handed down from my mom, my grandmother, my grandfather, blah blah blah, all the way down, I didn’t have a language for it, but there was a knowing that “this ain’t right.” settling your body is not the same as healing, but you will improve your capacity to heal when you can settle your body.

The author tells us that “(t)rauma is never a personal failure, nor the result of someone’s weakness, nor a limitation, nor a defect. It is a normal reaction to abnormal conditions and circumstances.” Tippett: One of the things you — this was one of the five anchors for moving through clean pain — the first one, Anchor 1, was: Shut up. A calm, settled body is the foundation for health, for healing, for helping others, and for changing the world."Krista Tippett, host: Well, I was kind of aware that I was half-thinking about what was gonna come next, but, I don’t know, I felt more settled. And there was also a feeling of — there was kind of a feeling of comfort.