Black people and mental health issue?
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Mental illness can affect anyone.  It doesn't matter what race you are.
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America MUST solve its racism problem.\n\nIt must also do something about improving the education system and the health system to ensure people have an adequate education and are not dying because they can't pay a hospital bill.
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As long as there are people in this world, like Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton, this country will have racial problems.\n\nNoone is asking people to forget the past of their ancestors.  I do not forget the horrible problems my Irish ancestors went through, but thankfully their are not any (that I know of) people demanding I get something for their suffering.  \n\nAsk Jesse Jackson, next time he speaks, to try to speak about another human being without using the color of their skin.  People with influence like him is why there is so much racial tension.\n\n\n---\n\nredvegetable, (above), are you saying that Blacks have different 'needs' than Whites?\n\n---\nditty, (below) are you saying there are no black against white crimes?  How many of those have there been?\n\n---\nHabilis (below) most of your response was a good answr to the question.  I have to disagree with the Georgia flag thing.  That is insinuating that the flag represents racisim.  The confederate flag represents history.  The civil war was not about slavery as some like to say.  Slavery became an issue in the war when lincoln saw the opportunity to bring blacks from the south on to fight for the north.
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It's an idealistic plan, to punish and put them in pain, however as answered previously, it will not solve the equipment or mentality issue.  I think more should be looked into requiring mental health evaluations for the solutions and decision in consequences.
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Because they have mental problems
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The blues, rap/hip-hop, and human rights issues.
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I really think the indains should have more of an issue with white people than the blacks should. But it really wasn't that long ago that we whites where hanging blacks... and really that takes awhile to just get over it.   I just wonder how white people would feel if thier grandparents and great grandparents where taken out and hung because they wanted to vote or ride in the front of the bus.   We as whites and blacks need to remember the history behide this issue so that it will never repeat itself again.    As far as racism goes there will always be racism due to the fact that there will be always someone with feelings of being better than someone else.  It needs to be forgiven but never forgotten...and I myself am very sorry for what my past white americans done to the black americans.  I just wished that white americans would take care of their own like the black americans take care of theirs but then again we have never been taken out of our beds to hang because of our color.. while our children watched.   It really wasn't that long ago.
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If you mean TALK down to black people, then believe it or not but not ALL white people do that.  People are people regardless of race, religion, sex.....it's all about attitude.  Positive attitude begets positive response.
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We have no answer to this question of why some people have to have mental or physical illness.\nMaybe they can inspire us, rather than bother us because they continue.\nMany normal people just give up on life, and many people struggle to live through each day.\nThe design of this earth and the lives here are not our own.\nSt. Paul said that here we see things through a glass darkly, but in the next life, we will see clearly.\n\nIt's good that you care.
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There's a book entitled, "Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria and other questions on Race" by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum that addresses this question from a sociological and psycological point of view. It's a good read. \n\nI can tell you why I feel comfortable gravitating towards black, at least at first. One thing we (fellow black people) automatically have in common is our personal experience. The biggest group of people still affected by hate crimes, according to the FBI, is black people. Another thing is that I get tired of questions. I understand that people are curious about black people, but sometimes I don't want to explain the history of why some black people are sensitive about hair, or why we are "allowed" to say the n-word and they are not.\n\nAlso, I'm a person in a subculture where most of my friends are white just because there aren't many black people involved in the culture in one area. It gets lonely sometimes. \n\nI do think black people need to branch out more but there are legitimate reasons for why they "segregate" themselves. Also, why not try to talk to some of these black people one on one? Often, black people will let you in if you interact with them individually.
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if the question is is there a sociology of mental illness, there is. Check out "Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity " by Erving Goffman.
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Mentally ill people are often looked down on because mental illness in not a disease that can be easily explained, unlike heart disease or asthma or any other physical illness; and as human beings it is our nature to be afraid or what we dont understand...in fact, mentally ill people in the middle ages were beaten over the head because they were thought to be victims of demonic posession...but heres the thing...mental illness is everywhere; there are Doctors, Lawyers, Cops, and even Psychiatrists who are mentally ill; there are hundreds of mental illnesess, and the more aware we become the better we can understand and evolve as a society...
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What I'm about to say isn't necessarily fact. It is my opinion or rather my speculation. I don't have a correct answer. \n\nIf you think about it, being a minority has a lot to do with it. In a social environment, if were all equals, than why does the name "black people" exist? Aren't we all people? Why do we need to distinguish each other physically, other than to tell one person from the next?\n\nGo back to the time of slavery and into the sixties when Martin Luthor King, Jr. was making history. Those with african heritage have been opressed in the passed and to a certain extent now. Culturally, socially, there have been stereo types put upon those with african decent and for them, it's hard to shake that reputation. If you're constantly exposed to, "you're black, you must listen to hip-hop, rap, r&b, you must be an athlete or gangster", how would you fair? A lot of modern day youth have a huge problem because of this. \n\nSuccessful African americans or African what ever country, are successful and/or rich for the very same reasons others are; They earned it or they inherited it. But because of the media and because of labels put upon them, their battle to the good life may be more difficult than groups that have not had such struggles in the past or are portrayed in a hopeless manner.\n\nThis ofcourse, pertains mostly to those who are in places outside of Africa but not exclusively, of course. Within Africa, every individual country has severe problems. Ranging from agricultural, religious, economical, and the list goes on.\n\nMy friend is Arabic. He's from Morocco. His wife and his siblings are all well educated. Yet, because of the economy there, and the lack of jobs, they can do nothing with their training. When they left their country, things began to improve for them. \n\nI remember a movie called, "Any Given Sunday", starring Jamie Fox and Al Pacino. In one scene, Willie Beaman (Fox), was doing a sports program interview in which he's talking about black people and their struggles for success. He says some thing along the lines of, "We're raised to not to work together. To look out for our selves". It wasn't exactly like this but that's basically what he said. It's true, however. Especially in western culture. A black man or woman is raised to be an individual, selfish to their own needs without concern for any one else. That's not to say that everyone is like that among African American roots or otherwise but certainly in a the media's portrayal of it.\n\nI've always thought, the media is the greatest psychological influence in the world. It has enormous power.\n\nThat's a little insight into my personal thoughts. By no means do I have the monopoly on the truth. I don't. I'm speculating. I haven't done any research. These are my own observations.
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My personal opinion, mental illness.
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This is a general site that helps you find the right help for all such needs...\n\nhttp://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/index.cfm
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Accepting the fact something is wrong is half the battle. Personally I think trust is another huge issue. Once trust is gone then a lot of people think they can fix the disorder by themselves and end up making it worse.
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Black people feel that because their ancestors were the victims of slavery & oppression, they have the right to complain about what white people do. I feel sorry for the whites today that have to constantly watch what they say around us. It causes white people to act more hostile towards blacks. I think black people need to have a sense of humor & stop gettting offended when whites open their mouth to say something...life is just too short to harbor any resentments.