Mental health
fromPsychology Today
4 days agoHow Psychiatry Pathologized Resistance
Labeling protest as mental illness transforms political dissent into a medical problem, enabling dismissal, delegitimization, and punishment.
Race and racism are defined and developed differently in different cultures. In the US, I define racism as white supremacy. It was invented by white people in the Jamestown colony, expanded to a global overview of people by European taxonomists, and keeps coming back after attempts to rid the world of the concept-either by reducing non-white people to lesser social status or standing with each change in US governance standards. It is a subjective idea.
The random and unprovoked killing of a young woman in North Carolina several weeks ago has become a viral video, a political football, and a powerful rightwing talking point even as the horror and anger her death has provoked obscures what experts say is a vital story about the failures of the American mental health system. The alleged perpetrator, Decarlos Brown Jr, 34, has a long history of problems with the law and mental health issues.