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Constant race-based discrimination can lead to ‘racial battle fatigue’ for African-Americans

March 3, 2011 by

Just as the constant pressure soldiers face on the battlefield can follow them home in the form of debilitating stress, African-Americans who face chronic exposure to racial discrimination may have an increased likelihood of suffering a race-based battle fatigue, according to researchers.

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