there& #39;s been more talk about avoiding retraumatization when teaching and I& #39;m honestly beginning to wonder if its even possible to avoid trauma when directly addressing racism.

I can& #39;t open twitter right now without retraumatization. I& #39;m not sure we can honestly and fairly expect students or ourselves to engage wholly in antiracist classroom work without suffering the impact of some sort of trauma.

this isn& #39;t to say "suck it up, we& #39;re all gonna be in pain anyway". pain is dangerous. services for addressing pain disproportionately punish Black & brown students and teachers.

if we can avoid retraumatization, dope. I& #39;ve been wrong plenty and would love to be wrong about this.

I just think it& #39;s wiser to shift from "avoid trauma" to "plan for trauma& #39;s inherent role in antiracism."

there shouldn& #39;t be any antiracist teaching without trauma-informed education.

there can& #39;t be trauma-informed education without antiracist teaching.

racism traumatizes.