“There is a well known fact that the African-American community here in the United States of America is still suffering from the traumatic syndrome of slavery,” Shabazz said.
Oh boy, lots to say here. First, when someone says “it’s a well known fact”, immediately you know they are going to spout some bullcrap and just want to try to avoid anyone questioning them on it.
Then, you have the “traumatic syndrome of slavery”. A syndrome is a disease that we identify from a collection of symptoms, rather than a known cause. It’s a pretty inept metaphor to use, if she is trying to say that blacks are suffering from some symptoms and she knows the cause is the trauma of slavery.
Also, if you want to claim blacks are experiencing some collective “post-traumatic disorder”, then you should probably name a trauma they have actually experienced. There’s not a black person alive in America that experienced the trauma of slavery, and this woman proves it by having to reference a fictional movie she saw a few weeks ago in order to come up with some example of this imaginary trauma she has suffered. I’ve probably seen as many movies about slavery as the average black person, so when do my post-traumatic needs get tended to?
Not to mention her evidence is something she saw in a movie.