Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2011
Journal / Book Title
Traumatology
Abstract
This article is based on the author’s experiences after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City and the impact of the attacks on her life as a New Yorker, an academic, and a member of a Sikh family and community. To position the author’s narrative, her reflection integrates race-based traumatic stress (Carter, 2007), a model suggesting that individuals who are targets of racism experience harm or injury. The author outlines lessons learned that affect her both personally and professionally, including (a) Paralysis can happen but advocacy and allies are healing, (b) Trauma changes the work, and (c) The power of macro and microaggressions on identity and community.
DOI
10.1177/1534765611421962
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Ahluwalia, Muninder Kaur, "Holding My Breath: The Experience of Being Sikh After 9/11" (2011). Department of Counseling Scholarship and Creative Works. 86.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/counseling-facpubs/86
Published Citation
Ahluwalia, Muninder K. "Holding my breath: The experience of being Sikh after 9/11." Traumatology 17, no. 3 (2011): 41-46.
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