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Chandelier Pain

In a powerful essay on white privilege, Good Black News editor Lori Lakin Hutcherson includes the term chandelier pain to describe how painful accumulated slights can be. Medical professionals use the term chandelier pain to refer to the result of touching an exquisitely painful spot β€” so painful that patients involuntarily rise from the examining table or reach toward the ceiling.   This is part of a complete episode.

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