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Abstract
In this article, we describe the process we adopted in designing a financial education intervention situated within the cultural and systemic realities of structural racism in Black communities and offer new insights on conducting financial education that addresses healing from ethno-racial trauma. We adopted a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach and assembled a Community Led Advisory (CLA) group to discuss how to address social and economic inequalities in teaching financial education. Specifically, we sought to address the psychological consequences of racism, income scarcity, and other forms of economic distress and what it means for people’s lives and their everyday ability to make sound financial decisions. By directly addressing how systemic barriers have hindered the ability to build wealth, we allow individuals to relinquish self-blame/shame about their financial circumstances. Relinquishment of self-blame/shame (which is energy-consuming) facilitates a shift in energy that enables individuals to focus on learning how to make better financial decisions. In addition to the results of the pilot, we include a discussion of the lessons we learned, our suggestions, and next steps for applying the approach for wider use.
Recommended Citation
Brinston, T.,
Bryant, C.,
Powell, S. E.,
&
Serido, J.
(2024). Voices of the Future: A Healing Ethno-Racial Trauma Approach to Financial Education within African American Communities.
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 12(1), 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55533/2325-5226.1419
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