Resmaa Menakem is an author, artist, and psychotherapist specializing in the effects of trauma on the human body and relationships in Black families and Black society. His best-selling book, My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies, is the first self-discovery book to examine white body supremacy in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology, and remains one of the leading works on embodying the lessons of antiracism.
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