The Impact of Disenfranchised Grief on African American Communities
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Disenfranchised grief occurs when a loss is stigmatized or is not socially validated. At times the stigmatization and invalidation of grief is intertwined, consciously or unconsciously, in racial bias and racist ideology that results in a lack of empathy for the bereaved. Therefore, empathic failures (or the lack of empathy) can negatively influence grief support and disenfranchise the grief of African Americans, who have faced discrimination throughout US history. This program will identify how African American grief is disenfranchised, its effect on African American communities, and how to correct injustices that result in a paucity of grief support for African Americans.
Program Viewing
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Continuing Education
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Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Define disenfranchised grief (DG) and use that information to develop a theory-based framework to guide a better understanding of how structural racism and DG negatively impact African Americans in grief.
- Examine the interconnectedness of empathic failures to discrimination, racial identity, and bias.
- Identify culturally attuned strategies to help African Americans navigate disenfranchised grief.
