Association of Racial Discrimination With Neural Response to Threat in Black Women in the US Exposed to Trauma

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Racial discrimination, which refers to the differential and unfair treatment because of a person’s racial or ethnic background, is increasingly recognized as a substantial influence on physical and mental health outcomes in communities of color.1 Discriminatory and racist experiences have been defined as both overt and implicit ways in which a person experiences unfair or disadvantaged treatment (within social, occupational, or other situations) as a result of their race/ethnicity.2 Experiences of racial discrimination are common for racial and ethnic minority populations in the US, with an overwhelming majority (ie, 90%-98%) of Black individuals reporting experiences of racial discrimination during their lives.3-5 Prior social neuroscience research has identified neural correlates of prejudicial responses, which primarily encompass stress response networks.6 However, this research has generally focused on understanding the neural basis of racial prejudice, rather than the effects of such prejudice among racial minority groups.

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