Table 3.

Categories and Processes in the Development of Critical Consciousness of Anti-Black Racism (ABR).

Category	Subcategories	Processes
Witnessing ABR	Bearing Witness to ABR	Becoming aware of ABR through either direct lived experiences or through indirect methods such as consumption of media or family stories.
	Experiencing Racial Trauma	Experiencing a wide range of psychological and social outcomes as a result of witnessing ABR.
Processing ABR	Cognitive Growth	Becoming aware of ABR as a longstanding systemic phenomenon by drawing linkages between ABR and White supremacy and, ultimately, increasing capacity for systemic and historical analyses of ABR.
	Intersectional Growth	Deepening intersectional self-awareness in a way that changes how one views and interacts with others. Requires an exploration of one’s own Black identity, religious and/or spiritual identity, gender, and sexuality.
	Behavioral Growth	Finding ways to cope with the personal experience of racial trauma. Becoming connected to people and settings that will fill gaps in one’s development as a racial justice activist.
Acting Critically Against ABR	Utilizing Black Racial Justice Activist Approaches to Activism	Practicing context-specific, systemic, and intersectional approaches to prevent or resist ABR and racial trauma.