How Racism Has Changed the Human Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Chronic Stress of Everyday Racism in Contemporary America

by Joseph R. Gibson Jr.

Much like Eric Jensen has argued for about a decade that the cumulative stress of experiencing chronic poverty can literally change the human brain, I believe that the cumulative stress of experiencing everyday racism every day has literally changed the brains of Americans both Black and White. All of this is largely attributable to the interplay of chronic stress and neuroplasticity. Richard Davidson and Bruce McEwen identified that "the brain is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0984379436
• ISBN13: 9780984379439
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Kitabu Publishing
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"