Joy Degruy Leary

Heart-rending at times, I learned a lot. It inspired me to dig deeper into our collective history and helped me empathize with a struggle I can hardly imagine.

Gently methodical. Articulate and compelling. Practical. For every American who would read this, it would be one step more taken towards a less dysfunctional future for the nation.

This book should be given as a gift to all who want to understand what it means to inherit a mental/spiritual condition that bulkanizes the beautiful potential of the human being. I personally believe Dr. Leary's book should be mandatory in public schooling from the six grade to the 12th. Dr. Leary breaks down the reasons why we as blacks are so mentally ill and why some of us refuse to seek mental health.

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Educator, lecturer and clinician Dr. Joy DeGruy-Leary, through her ground breaking research into "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome" (PTSS) delves into the primary values that have shaped African culture, and the impact that slavery as a historical trauma has had on African American culture.