How Black trauma may be impacting the way we spend money OPINION: “Black trauma has a direct relationship with Black spending, lack of savings, and aversion to investing” - Rahkim Sabree. (Photo: Adobe Stock) Acknowledging the issues around a lack of financial literacy is one problem, but it’s not the only issue that impacts Black dollars. As a financial empowerment coach, I’ve been leaning into a less popular but arguably more impactful aspect of financial education; and that’s the money mindset. Not the aspects of a money mindset that give you the warm and fuzzies either. I’m talking about the inner work that forces you to examine what impact