

These impacts can reduce people's ability to work or study, and to achieve their future goals. having little or no trust in anybody apart from family.a constant fear of being verbally or physically attacked.headaches, increased heart rate, sweating, trembling and muscle tension.ongoing feelings of sadness, anger, depression and being left out.IndividualsĪ study of over 800 Australian secondary school students found that racism had huge mental health impacts on young people who experience it, including: Racism can cause a lot of damage to both individuals and communities.


Whereas if no one said anything bad about me, I would push myself harder into doing things and knowing that I can do it, no matter what happens I will do it … but I just can't." "If I wasn't hearing bad things about myself, I wouldn't think "oh, I'm a bad person, I can't do this, I am not going to do it".
