The negative effects of racial discrimination and the unreasonable or prejudicial treatment of individuals on the basis of race on Black Americans are well documented. Encounters with racial discrimination are associated with negative mental (e.g., depression, anxiety, hopelessness, violent behavior) and physical (e.g., hypertension, thickening and calcification of the arteries, and heart rate variability) health outcomes. These damaging effects on health are found independent of socioeconomic status, age, and gender. Regardless of a person’s previous understanding of racism, many people of Color may find themselves struggling to process their reactions to the deaths of Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, and Freddie Gray---people who look like them, as well as the lack of indictments of the police officers involved in several of these deaths. Anger, sadness, fear, feelings of helplessness, exhaustion, rage, and the desire to act may emerge at unpredictable times in an unpredictable manner. Many mental health professionals and scholars have called for the recognition of racial trauma as a mental health concern. Too many accounts from student trainees, colleagues, and professionals demonstrate a lack of awareness, knowledge, and the practical skills necessary to competently address racial trauma in mental health settings. This obliviousness exists despite a pervasive body of literature that explicitly states that a clinician’s awareness of race and racial factors (e.g., racism, racial discrimination) often determines clients’ of Color ability to seek, continue, and benefit from mental health interventions. I offer my recommendations as a mental health professional and advocate of the study and promotion of racial and cultural understanding and discussion. Specifically, I hope these recommendations will serve as a much-needed resources for people of Color, and those who serve in their communities. Many have written about the importance of repeated race-related traumatic events, but few are speaking to the broad mental health impact we as a community are experiencing as witnesses, participants, and mental health practitioners.