When racial trauma is a chief complaint among health-care staff.

This article explores that racial trauma, similar to the refugee experience, is a human rights violation It needs to be acknowledged and addressed Staff may need mental health counselling The COVID-19 pandemic has not only revealed major health disparities in people of colour, in line with previous research findings, but also highlighted the often overlooked impact of racial trauma on health-care workers Racial trauma is emerging as a chief complaint among healthcare practitioners dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, underscoring the importance of acknowledging these invisible wounds in the clinical setting (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)