Theories like this creep into our lives in the strangest places and ways.
http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:VrUCUowXEVMJ:www.njsbdc.com/procurement/procurement042004.pdf+post+traumatic+slave+syndrome&hl=en“ARE YOU A POST-TRAUMATIC SLAVE SYNDROME VICTIM?”A TRAINING WORKSHOPWithJOY ANGELA DeGRUY-LEARY, Ph.D
She has trained numerous organizations which include: the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); offi cers of the City of Portland Police Bureau; Nordstrom Stores; the Department of Human Services and Health; the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; Moore Research Center; DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago, Illinois; Sisters of Providence Medical center; and the University of Wisconsin Institute Multicultural science Education. She has been an invited presenter at Harvard University, Columbia University, Smith College, The University of Massachusetts, New York University, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Northeastern University and Fisk University. She has worked with school districts and public and private organizations throughout the United States, Canada and South Africa
Dr. DeGruy-Leary has pioneered research in the explanatory the-ory-Post Traumatic Save syndrome, which addresses the residual impact of trauma on African Descendants in the Americas. In ad-dition she has developed a culturally based education model for working with children and adults of color, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING IMPLIMENTED IN PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. She has recently created the “African American Male Youth Respect Scale” an assessment in-strument designed to broaden our understanding of the challenges facing these youths in an effort to prevent their overrepresentation within the justice system. Dr. DeGruy-Leary currently serves as an Assistant Professor a the Graduate School of Social Work, Portland State University