Journal of Social Work: Book Review
Black Men and Racial Trauma: Impacts, Disparities, and Interventions
I’m excited to share some great news — my book Black Men and Racial Trauma: Impact, Disparities, and Interventions was recently reviewed in the Journal of Social Work.
Below is a thoughtful excerpt from that review, which captures some of the core ideas and importance of the work:
In Black Men and Racial Trauma: Impact, Disparities, and Interventions, author and scholar Yamonte Cooper offers a politically charged and critically thoughtful explication of the gendered–racialized environment and its psychosomatic effects on Black men. Cooper’s thesis posits that the cumulative effects of Anti-Black misandry—institutionally and socioculturally inscribed, gendered Anti-Black racism—produce uniquely racialized trauma for this population.
Beyond describing facts and figures, Cooper offers practical approaches to addressing the mental health concerns of Black men. He advocates for the Integrated Model of Racial Trauma (IMRT) as both a framework for research and clinical use, providing a holistic approach that merges psychological, cultural, historical, and health perspectives to support trauma-informed, culturally responsive practice.
Written with clinical practitioners in mind, Dr. Cooper designed the text for all concerned with the sociocultural environment that negatively affects Black men’s lives. This rigorous work empirically contextualizes the structural impact of racism and gender on Black men’s collective life trajectories and overall health.
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