![]() I had to translate papers from Yiddish and Hebrew and find books that I had to get shipped over from America.’ ‘The whole history of the Cantonists has been buried. Researching such traumatic content about her ancestors with a view to turning it into a film has been a long and sometimes difficult process for Maya. ‘We still celebrate Jewish holidays, but we are not religious, and I think probably a lot of that has to do with losing a bit of that identity,’ Maya said. Mick and Maya carry a sense of this loss having passed down the generations. Like a lot of the Cantonists, Moishe did however lose a lot of his Jewish identity, culture and mannerisms. ‘It’s something that a lot of the children never did, because they were taken when they were so young, and they had no idea how to get back,’ Maya added. He went on to be a musician in the Tsar’s band during the Crimean war and eventually returned home, moving to the UK in his later years. They would suffocate the children in these steam rooms.’Īlthough many did convert to Christianity, due to their young age, Moishe never did. It’s really horrible, most of it too horrible to describe. From what we know, they tried to force him to convert for instance, by only giving him food that wasn’t kosher, and salt water to drink. Maya tells her great, great-grandfather’s story: ‘Moishe was about 12 years old when he was taken from his home to an institution. Exploring the family history has led both Maya and Mick to contemplate the impact intergenerational trauma can have on a person and the role that religion can play in shaping a person’s identity. Years later, Mick’s daughter, Maya, a film-maker and actress herself, is bringing the story to the screen. ![]() Mick’s father had written down his grandfather’s experience and always hoped to turn it into a film. He was one of tens of thousands of children known as the Cantonists. ![]() Which can be seen in the media, the government, in our school systems, in our medical system, at our jobs, etc.Psychologist and author Mick Cooper grew up hearing stories about his great-grandfather, Moishe, a young Jewish boy from Ukraine, who was kidnapped by the Russian empire and forced to join the army and convert to Christianity.Focus on the Black community specifically because slavery caused the butterfly effect that impacts Black community till this day.These systems give privileges to White people resulting in disadvantages to people of color.” 1 Understanding how racism is built into various social structures and quantifying its long-term effects is fundamental to the anti-racist work of dismantling these barriers. The structural racism they uphold can be defined as the “overarching system of racial bias across institutions and society. Structural racism in deeply rooted in the fundamental structures of our society – systems of labour, housing, education, voting, healthcare and our justice system. This trauma is also affected by structural racism, rooted from slavery. Cumulative racial trauma can leave scars for those who are dehumanized. Racism and ethnoviolence can be life threatening. The intersectional oppression that the Black community experiences include: racial, gender, sexual orientation, xenophobic and microaggressions all contribute to the cumulative effects of racial trauma. Many Indigenous people, Latinx, and Asian Americans significantly suffer from race-based stress as well. The Black community are exposed more to racial discrimination than are other ethnic groups. Witnessing racial discrimination towards the Black community and other POCĪ growing clinical and empirical literature attests that People of Color and Indigenous individuals’ (POCI) experiences with racism, discrimination, and microaggressions affect their mental and physical health.Racial trauma is unique in that it involves ongoing individual and collective injuries due to exposure and pre-exposure to race-based stress and includes: Just like war, physical and emotional abuse, racism can cause: PTSD and racial trauma. Karlyn Percil deep dives into the conversation of post traumatic generational trauma. History isn’t just about what happened in the past, it’s also about how it affects the present and our future.
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