CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

How Black People Are Deprived of Fight or Flight Response

When it comes to confrontations with the police, Black people are asked to do something strange

Allison Wiltz
Momentum
Published in
4 min readDec 15, 2022
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Fight or flight is an “automatic physiological reaction” to a stressful or fearful situation. You will start to breathe faster, and your blood…

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Allison Wiltz
Momentum

Womanist Scholar bylines @ Oprah Daily, ZORA, GEN, Momentum, GEN, Cultured, AfroSapiophile #WEOC Founder allisonthedailywriter.com ☕️ ko-fi.com/allyfromnola