A group of white men and women talk about some tough topics including whiteness, privilege, and cultural appropriation.
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Mental health issues in people of color are often misunderstood.
Racism, or discrimination based on race or ethnicity, is a key contributing factor in the onset of disease. It is also responsible for increasing disparities in physical and mental health among Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC).
Eliminating Race-Based Mental Health Disparities offers concrete guidelines and evidence-based best practices for addressing racial inequities and biases in clinical care. Perhaps there is no subject more challenging than the intricacies of race and racism in American culture.
Racism and social inequality don’t just affect adults. Here's why they have a profound impact on the mental health of children of color.
“I just didn’t want them to stress and not be afraid to go to school. The less they knew, the better it was.”
In a society where unconscious bias, microaggressions, institutionalized racism, and systemic injustices are so deeply ingrained, healing is an ongoing process.
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