This is an I-Heart podcast.

This is Solvable. I'm Jacob Weisberg.

I learned things about how to navigate in the world from what my caregivers lean into and

recoiled from.

So much of the way we move through the world is influenced by those who raised us, from how we

hold a fork to how we carry our bodies when we walk and talk.

And hard stuff has passed through generations too. Families who have survived famine might be more likely to teach their children to stockpile food.

Those who survive violent wars or enslavement, they may pass on lessons consciously or subconsciously to their kids.

Trauma in a person over time can look like personality.

Trauma in a family over time can look like family traits.

And trauma in a people over time can look like culture.

Resma Menacom is a trauma therapist based in Minneapolis.

The killings of George Floyd and many other Black Americans at the hands of police have intensified the focus and urgency of Menacom's work.

When a black body is murdered on TV or we see that type of stuff, the impact of it is

not just personal. We're dealing with the historical energy that has gone unresolved, the intergenerational

energy that has gone unresolved. Menacam expects that racialized trauma will continue,

but he believes that hard work by people of all races

can bring meaningful change.

My name is Resma Minicum,

and I believe that racialized trauma is solvable.

My co-host Ann Applebaum spoke with Menickham.

Here's their conversation.

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