IMPACT

HEALTH

Discrimination has been widely shown to have significant, harmful effects on health and wellbeing. It also impacts the perpetrator. They are left knowingly or unknowingly with shame and regret. EVERYONE LOSES.

WIDESPREAD

Discrimination is wide and varied, and includes harassment and slurs. A Harvard study exposes that nearly 60% of LGBTQ people and almost all  Black Americans, for example, report personally experiencing slurs about who they are or who they love. The impact of that hurt spreads to families, spouses and friends. 

GENETICS

Recent research has also found that the impact of discrimination are hereditary. The pain and hurt associated with a hate crime or bullying can and is often passed down generationally. See more...

MENTAL HEALTH

"Evidence demonstrating the effect of racism on mental health has indicated serious discrepancies in mental health outcomes among ethnic groups, such as depression and a general difficulty in recovering from emotional trauma. Post-traumatic stress, hallucinations, depression and anxiety are only a few of the health disorders that may arise. Researchers use the term allostasis to refer to the process of physiological change that occurs due to psychological, physical or social stress." Continue reading...