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    Exploring how racism lives in our bodies and minds through groundbreaking research on implicit bias, racialized trauma, and the neuroscience of prejudice.

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    Racism isn't primarily about conscious beliefs or individual prejudices; it's something literally embedded in our nervous systems, our reflexes, and our bodies as a result of centuries of unprocessed trauma.

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