{"product_id":"urban-trauma-maysa-akbar-9781951591052","title":"Urban Trauma: A Legacy of Racism","description":"\u003cp\u003eSurvived physical abuse.\u003cbr\u003e Witnessed community violence.\u003cbr\u003e Conquered the streets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaved by education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Dr. Maysa Akbar's story. A story of overcoming Urban Trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's easy to look down at urban communities and wonder why economic and social disparities still exist when so many people of color, despite facing severe adversity, have done better. They have broken the \"cycle.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet there are those in urban communities who continue to be plagued by what Dr. Maysa Akbar has defined as Urban Trauma - a set of conditions that sustain modern day oppression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Urban Trauma: A Legacy of Racism, Dr. Akbar makes the case that since the time of slavery, systemic trauma in our urban centers is a result of poverty, overcrowded housing, poor physical and mental health, despair, violence, crime, and drug abuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from historical events, intergenerational biology, and psychology she expertly illustrates that not only is Urban Trauma real, but that by denying it's existence we deny our communities of color the chance to heal and break their cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maysa Akbar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1951591054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951591052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Publish Your Purpose Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.90w x 1.20d","brand":"Maysa Akbar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051911147775,"sku":"9781951591052","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a769db04-0dd0-4f97-81ec-60650a685f7e.jpg?v=1685015906","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/urban-trauma-maysa-akbar-9781951591052","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}