The Year of Race Based Trauma: What Happened to the Talk of a Post Racial America?
Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) – In the age of the Trump Effect, an increase in police brutality cases, workplace discrimination and racial profiling, the long term effects of this new normal can have a profound impact on the social and psychological health of the community. In response to the changing cultural landscape, Robert T. Carter and Associates (RTCA), a forensic and organizational consulting group of licensed psychologist and professors, offers training services to corporations, non-profits, human resource departments and community organizations providing strategies for preventive solutions and care of race based trauma.
RTCA has worked on a range of issues related to racial discrimination; hostile work environment and racial harassment, specializing in race based traumatic stress. Founder and Principal of RTCA, Robert T. Carter, Ph.D. is a professor, author and expert on race related issues. A professor of Psychology and Education in the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology at Teachers College at Columbia University, Carter has published more than 100 journal articles and book chapters as well as authoring and editing seven books – including The Influence of Race and Racial Identity in Psychotherapy Toward a Racially Inclusive Model. Dr. Carters framework defines race based traumatic stress as an emotional/psychological response to racial experiences that results in functional impairments, making activities of daily living difficult.
This framework has laid the groundwork for RTCA to serve as an expert witness in race-related cases, lending his expertise in the area of stressful and traumatic effects of racial discrimination. He has served as an expert witness on more than fifty federal discrimination, harassment and racial profiling cases, presenting evidence of the impact of race based experiences on current and future experiences. Carter states, Our work as expert witnesses, have involved the modification of school systems racial desegregation plans, biracial custody, racial discrimination and racial harassment in schools, the workplace and as consumer racial profiling.
To learn more about RTCA or schedule an interview, please contact Malin PR at 240-264-7330 or askmalinpr@gmail.com
Robert T. Carter & Associates offers professional, objective and accurate empirical based research and training services. Headquartered in New York City with a satellite office in Dallas, RTCA has served as an expert witness for more than 20 years on a range of racial discrimination issues. RTCA opinions are supported by reports including research, evidence about the issues in the case, and the administering of race based traumatic stress evaluations to assess the occurrence of functional impairment. Learn more about RTCA at www.roberttcarterassociates.com
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