Comments on: Mental Health in 2018: If You’re Black, Can You Never Come Back? https://contemporaryracism.org/3729/mental-health-in-2018-if-youre-black-can-you-never-come-back/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Sun, 17 Jun 2018 16:09:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ziming Han https://contemporaryracism.org/3729/mental-health-in-2018-if-youre-black-can-you-never-come-back/comment-page-1/#comment-976 Sat, 12 May 2018 02:48:38 +0000 http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=3729#comment-976 I think the one of the major reaons that cause this situation is whiteness of western psychology field. Because most of previous psychology researches focused just on white citizens, and the theories researchers found are mostly based on whites’ mental structure.

]]> By: bstarr1104 https://contemporaryracism.org/3729/mental-health-in-2018-if-youre-black-can-you-never-come-back/comment-page-1/#comment-968 Fri, 11 May 2018 05:19:20 +0000 http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=3729#comment-968 Thank you for this post. The points that you made towards the end about the APA and mental health practitioners in general really got me thinking. As a White male who has struggled with issues of mental health, I was afforded treatment that black men lack, and this is disturbing. Casting people off as crazy, or seeing mental illness as a character flaw, is problematic. Especially in black males, who as we discussed in class aren’t able to just express their emotions and are held to a tighter chain of toxic masculinity than males of more privileged backgrounds.

To lessen the stigmas of mental illness, and promote a society in which people can openly and unabashedly discuss such a sensitive topic, we need more articles like this. Also, having celebrities “come out as mentally ill” is not a solution, and should not be forced, but it is definitely helpful for everyday people who suffer from this often invisible illness. I know that I personally have found it comforting to know that I’m not alone.

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