Doctors Say Black People Have Headaches and Insomnia From Whiteness-Induced PTSD

Are you an insomniac of color, kept conscious by Caucasians? According to experts, it’s perfectly possible.

Mercedes Carnethon, Ph.D., is vice chair of the Northwestern University Department of Preventive Medicine. She’s also a professor of medicine (pulmonary and critical care) and preventative medicine (epidemiology).

From her faculty page:

My research focuses broadly on the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, lung health and cognitive aging in the population subgroups defined by race/ethnicity, geography, socioeconomic status, gender and sexual orientation/gender identity.

The professor has pinpointed a problem: Black people are robbed of restfulness by iniquitous Aryans. People of the pale suffer from a sense of supremacy, and that KKK-ish condition is keeping minorities up at night.

CBS Miami recently spotlighted Mercedes in a probe of prejudice and its impact on sleep:

Growing evidence shows the lasting impacts of racism have put certain groups in a position to have a tougher time getting a full night’s sleep. …

“National data indicate that Black adults and other non-white adults have poorer sleep,” said (Dr.) Mercedes Carnethon…

In 2022, Yale University conducted a study on sleep quality. The results revealed that black Americans “had the highest rate of short sleep, compared to their white and non-white counterparts.”

Mercedes hopes to help:

“We want to be able to address disparities in sleep because we know that sleep is associated with some of the leading causes of death, including cardiovascular disease.”

And for those who wonder if darker-shaded aspiring slumberers have a disadvantage due to their DNA, Mercedes puts that theory to rest:

“It’s more likely attributed to social and structural factors that influence our opportunity to get good sleep.”

Worry will wake you:

Shawn Adeoye says it wasn’t until the racial justice protests of 2020 that she really started having trouble sleeping.

“My mind is constantly worried about things around me when my daughter is gone. I’m worried that she’s going to be pulled over by the police,” said Adeoye, a single mom.

Adeoye adds, “I suddenly have high blood pressure and I know that is due to the anxiety, I know that it has a sleep component. It all goes together.”

Adeoye gets five hours sleep “on a good night.”

CNN’s aware of the issue — hence its February 13th piece, “Understanding Racial Trauma, the Mental and Emotional Injury of Racism“:

People affected by racial trauma might take on some of the physical symptoms of stress, which is called somatization, [Lake Forest College Director of Intercultural Relations Nevin Heard, Ph.D.] said. “This could be stomach aches, faster heartbeats, feelings of hypervigilance and chronic stress. They might also experience avoidance, which happens with PTSD, but there’s also re-experiencing of distressing events.”

Other symptoms include difficulty sleeping, fatigue, depression, anxiety, impaired gut health, anger, recurring thoughts of the event, nightmares, sweating, shaking, distrust, self-blame, low self-esteem, headaches and chest pains, according to Heard, [Dr. Monnica Williams, University of Ottawa psychology professor], and Mental Health America.

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Racial trauma usually isn’t induced by “just one incident,” Williams said. “Usually, it’s a lot of incidents that have accumulated to the point where the person becomes traumatized.” Many ethnic and racial groups in the United States experience higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder than White Americans, and one explanation for this is the experience of racism, according to the American Psychological Association.

Judging from a host of headlines, white Americans have intensely erred:

University Professor on ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ Panel Announces She Keeps Away From White People

Professor Tells White Student if He’s Breathing, He ‘May Have Oppressed Somebody’ Today

College Op-Ed Asks if White People Should Be Kicked out of Parties

Tennessee University Segregates Students for ‘Antiracism’ Training, Hails the Absence of White People as ‘Magical’

Yale Council Tells Whites to Put Their Coats in Puddles so Black People Can ‘Walk With Ease’

UC Berkeley Professor Told Students Abolishing Whiteness Means Wiping out White People

Yale Medical School Welcomes Psychiatrist Who Dreams of ‘Unloading a Revolver Into the Head of Any White Person’

Back to melatonin and melanin, black Americans traumatized by wicked whiteness will hopefully someday find relief. If justice prevails, they’ll conk out under cozy covers, cradled in the cotton arms of equity.

For the time being, a cruelty is at work; according to La Salle University, sleep is one of the best ways to recover from racial victimization: