@Rothmus Historical trauma (HT) is characterized as a traumatic event shared by a group of people that contributes to an increased prevalence of negative physical health outcomes, impaired parenting, distrust, and mental illness in subsequent generations.
Soon after the Japanese military attacked #PearlHarbor, Hawaii, in 1941, the United States ordered all persons of Japanese ancestry from Western portions of the country to live in internment camps in remote areas: https://t.co/KQDDUKZKNh
Reeya A. Patel, MS and Donna K. Nagata, PhD expose the historical trauma experienced by multiple Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities in the United States in this medicine & society article: https://t.co/7yHZ5DF7t8
Although not discussed in this article, recent pandemic-related instances of anti-Asian harassment, discrimination, and violence have negatively targeted Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) individuals: https://t.co/6Benm1Eycs