SNQ: Natalie Y. Gutiérrez’s “The Pain We Carry”
Summary: Natalie Y. Gutiérrez’s The Pain We Carry is a guide for people of color who are struggling with complex posttraumatic stress disorder. Gutiérrez organizes the book around a “Cultural Empowerment Approach” and names four cultural legacy burdens: racism, patriarchy, materialism, and individualism. She also outlines four “empowerment steps” that readers can take to address […]