Scherto led a Desk Review research aimed at mapping meaningful approaches to healing the wounds of slavery. The Review draws on a conception of healing wounds that perceives the wound of trans-Atlantic slave trade and slavery as systematic dehumanisation. This in turn highlights the imperative of healing as addressing dehumanisation through four processes:
- Process One is directed at dehumanising acts per se;Process Two is directed at the traumatic effects of being dehumanised;Process Three is directed at the dehumanising relationships; andProcess Four is directed at the structural conditions that enable and have enabled institutionalised dehumanisation.
The report concludes that understanding the significance of collective healing and taking the steps towards healing can be amongst the most powerful ways to eradicate racism.
Prof. Scherto Gill 