Racial Battle Fatigue is a term which posits that repeated racial microaggressions and racial discrimination can lead to socio-psychological stress responses. 

Racial Battle Fatigue

Prior to 1996, it was found that, while black Americans and white Americans had the same statistical probability of acquiring OCD, black Americans were either less likely to seek treatment for the disorder or were less likely to get diagnosed in the first place. In a survey sample of 1,500 individuals with OCD, only 30 (2%) of the total were black. 

OCD Treatment Seeking Statistics in the Black American Population


- Discrimination and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder among African Americans
- Discrimination and Social Anxiety Disorder Among African-Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and Non-Hispanic Whites

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Black Disability Politics is a book by Sami Schalk that aims to analyze how disability as a political identity has been incorporated to Black activism since the 1970s, not always perfectly

Black Disability Politics

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The theory of Black Disability Politics refers to disability politics expressed through text, speech, ideological platforms, or activist work by Black cultural workers (individuals whose work directly responds to and influences culture). It encompasses how Black individuals engage in Disability Justice and Disability Politics, and it can be understood as an integral intersection of both the Disability Justice movement and the Black liberation movement.

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