Racism hurts, can antiracism heal?: Positive mental health correlates of antiracist engagement.

ABSTRACT: Racism can hurt by negatively impacting mental health. For instance, large-scale events tied to racism like the May 2020 police-involved murder of George Floyd have been linked to poor mental health indicators (e.g. depression and anxiety). Notably, racism can spark antiracist engagement-support for addressing systemic racism. For example, Floyd's murder sparked unprecedented antiracist engagement, including heightened Black Lives Matter (BLM) support and protest participation. The present research explored the potential that antiracist engagement can heal: be positively associated with well-being. First, study 1 found that state-level BLM engagement (i.e. protest numbers, antiracism information-seeking on Google/YouTube) during an 8-week period following Floyd's death was associated with

SUBMITTER: Brannon TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10548497 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature