THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE BREAKING POINT: Racial Hostility in the American Workplace

What happens when a human being is pushed past the limits of dignity, safety, and belonging? This program confronts that question with unflinching clarity.

The Psychology of the Breaking Point is a searing exploration of how racial hostility—quiet or loud, subtle or blatant—accumulates inside the American workplace until something inside a person finally gives way. Through real stories, expert insight, and historical context, this program exposes the hidden injuries that Black workers carry every day: the jokes that aren’t jokes, the “nicknames” that cut deep, the isolation that drains the soul, and the institutional silence that allows it all to continue.

This is not a story about one moment.It is a story about a thousand moments—stacked, layered, ignored—until the mind and body can no longer absorb the harm.Listeners will hear:

• The psychology of chronic racial stress and how it rewires the brain
• The anatomy of a breaking point—what it feels like from the inside
• The legacy of American labor and racial control that still shapes workplaces today
• Why organizations fail to protect Black employees, even when the signs are obvious
• How trauma, silence, and powerlessness collide in devastating ways

This is not sensationalism.This is a public reckoning.The Psychology of the Breaking Point forces America to confront the cost of racial hostility—not just in headlines, but in human lives, human minds, and human futures.It is a program for anyone who has ever felt unseen, unheard, or unsafe at work.It is a program for anyone who believes we can build something better.It is a program you cannot ignore.Listen closely.Someone’s breaking point is never as far away as you think.