Environmental Stress and African Americans

Book info: Environmental Stress and African Americans (Hardcover, 160 pages) – Praeger, 1998. Language: English.

Carroll contends that race is brought to the consciousness of African Americans every day through interaction with employers, service providers, landlords, the police, and the media, and examines the stress experienced by blacks merely as a result of being African American.Micro-aggressions include experiences such as being denied service, being falsely accused, being negatively singled out on account of one's race. The author labels the stress that results from such micro-aggressions as Mundane Extreme Environmental Stress―which she says is a daily experience, has a significant impact on one's psychological well being and world view, is environmentally induced, and is detracting and energy consuming.

Editorial Reviews Review ?Carroll has combined poetry, autobiographical material, focus group discussions, and empirical data in a most provocative and engaging treatment of the contemporary African American experience.?-Choice

"Carroll has combined poetry, autobiographical material, focus group discussions, and empirical data in a most provocative and engaging treatment of the contemporary African American experience."-Choice About the Author GRACE CARROLL is Academic Coordinator for African American Student Development, University of California, Berkeley. She has written extensively on stress and African American life.