As is the case with many mental problems, African Americans don't often talk about their anger issues, but it's not hard to see that those issues exist.
...nobody wants to talk about African-American anger. To acknowledge it is to acknowledge serious, widespread problems that, because of taboos in our community, often go undiagnosed and unaddressed.
Everyone has things that light his or her fuse, and they are as unique as a thumbprint. However, what's most important to remember about triggers is that they are not why you're angry. Rather, they're the spark that unleashes the anger you're already holding on to.
Yoked with abject poverty, few educational opportunities, rampant joblessness, illness, violence, an unfair justice system, and the general resentment and sense of unease brought on by navigating social and structural racism, many in the black community are without question angry -- and I'm not sure I blame them.
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