Racial battle fatigue is a term coined by professor William A. Smith that refers to the cognitive, emotional and physiological effects of being a person of color in environments that are both implicitly and explicitly racist.
Basically, it is the ways that racism has a negative effect on the psychology and physiology of people of color.
Physiological symptoms of RBF: tension headaches, backaches, elevated heartbeat, rapid breathing in anticipation of conflict, upset stomach, extreme fatigue, loss of appetite, ulcers, elevated blood pressure. Psychological symptoms of RBF: constant anxiety and worrying, inability to sleep, sleep broken by haunting, conflict-specific dreams, intrusive thoughts and images, loss of self-confidence.
Basically, it is the ways that racism has a negative effect on the psychology and physiology of people of color.
Physiological symptoms of RBF: tension headaches, backaches, elevated heartbeat, rapid breathing in anticipation of conflict, upset stomach, extreme fatigue, loss of appetite, ulcers, elevated blood pressure. Psychological symptoms of RBF: constant anxiety and worrying, inability to sleep, sleep broken by haunting, conflict-specific dreams, intrusive thoughts and images, loss of self-confidence.
I can't go to that meeting with them White folks today, I'm struggling with Racial Battle Fatigue
We have to protect our students from Racial Battle Fatigue by connecting them with people who will love and support them
We have to protect our students from Racial Battle Fatigue by connecting them with people who will love and support them
by Ariel William Moore February 14, 2021
Get the racial battle fatigue mug.An increasingly common ailment across the United States, particularly with the gainfully employed.
Symptoms include the overwhelming urge to curse and yell "Really????" when reading almost any headline, or email bulletin from Human Resources.
The stress from the modern work environment may often cause suffers to consume alcohol, and or play the guitar at Volume 11.
Causes are well understood. The human brain is not hardwired to speak as the everything should be filtered through a "lawyer buffer". Those on earth that still have some sort of "Sense of Humor" find the modern work environment challenging. (Not the WORK part.....the EGGSHELLS part
Symptoms include the overwhelming urge to curse and yell "Really????" when reading almost any headline, or email bulletin from Human Resources.
The stress from the modern work environment may often cause suffers to consume alcohol, and or play the guitar at Volume 11.
Causes are well understood. The human brain is not hardwired to speak as the everything should be filtered through a "lawyer buffer". Those on earth that still have some sort of "Sense of Humor" find the modern work environment challenging. (Not the WORK part.....the EGGSHELLS part
by Killroy74 August 30, 2010
Get the CPCFS (Chronic Political Correctness Fatigue Syndrome) mug.Often abbreviated C.F.; Congress Fatigue comes when you stay in one place for too long. When suffering fro C.F. you exhaust all your resources (resources being your "Favorites List") or adding too many episodes of Hoarders to your TiVo. When one has done all this they suffer C.F. ever worse thus making them go into a rut that is damn near impossible to break. This can lead to the much worse, Cabin Fever. One can imagine this being felt by the actual members of Congress.
Charlie: Damn computers was brutal today!
Steve: I know! I didn't do anything but go onto my favorites list and I was still gettin' Congress Fatigue.
Charlie: I didn't do anything but use my phone to schedule Hoarders on TiVo.
Steve: I know! I didn't do anything but go onto my favorites list and I was still gettin' Congress Fatigue.
Charlie: I didn't do anything but use my phone to schedule Hoarders on TiVo.
by Blood Ocean January 26, 2011
Get the Congress Fatigue mug.The feeling experienced by men after performing hours of cunninglus on a woman resulting in No orgasm. Recommendations to avoid palate fatigue are:
1) practice daily to increase accuracy
2) tap in a friend
1) practice daily to increase accuracy
2) tap in a friend
by Lion Dog November 22, 2013
Get the palate fatigue mug.When a girl insists on doing it missionary all the time, and your forearms and wrists get tired from that. Also occurs from masturbating too much .
by Mcgwicko September 11, 2016
Get the Wrist fatigue mug.When negotiating with someone, and you spend the entire time reiterating a simple perspective, and they wear you down by failing to acknowledging anything you say and bringing up things that are completely irrelevant.
by AgentSm1th October 26, 2018
Get the Jerry Fatigue mug.A medical, physiological and often financial condition sometimes experienced by males from their late-twenties to their mid-thirties (or any period in their lives in which large numbers their peers are reaching the ultimate and inescapable conclusion of the courting process). The number of stag-dos (or ‘bachelor-parties’ for users of the Atlantic dialect of the language commonly known as ‘Simple English’) experienced in a short periods of time can cause a form of fatigue well recognised within the LAD community.
'Deano, as a mate, yeah, can you honestly tell me how knackered and skint are you? We’ve had Gav’s stag in Marbs in May, yeah, Ste’s in Tenerz in June, and now we’ve got Wozza’s coming up in Blackpool in July. I’m not kicking off or owt coz I’m well made up to be out with the lads but I’ve properly got stag-fatigue. To be fair, Vegas for Dan’s in August is gonna be sick even though Tony won’t be able to make it after the ban he got after the incident on the flight to Kavos for Dan’s. Shall we have another sambuca?'
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