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Anyone writing about how mental health is used as a double-edged sword against Black communities?
We disproportionately suffer from mental health issues &. can't access health care. OTOH, a common defense for racist actions is that others' mental health caused them to harm us...
We disproportionately suffer from mental health issues &. can't access health care. OTOH, a common defense for racist actions is that others' mental health caused them to harm us...
In academic fields, we have sealioning and concern trolling attacking our work with "what about disabilities?" knowing full well that they don't care about Black disabled folk, or others multiply marginalized.
2020 has taken a scythe to my professional relationships. If I'd behaved the way that some of these folks have toward me and others, *my career would have ended.*
Their mental health and personal stress are cited as reasons why we should be forgiving and understanding.
Their mental health and personal stress are cited as reasons why we should be forgiving and understanding.
Why don't Black people receive the same kind of care, concern, and consideration?
(We know why.)
(We know why.)
My colleague @DrSubini is an expert on this topic - her excellent book, The Pedagogy of Pathologization, is a must read. https://www.routledge.com/The-Pedagogy-of-Pathologization-Disabled-Girls-of-Color-in-the-School-prison/Annamma/p/book/9781138696907
If you're not Black, but sealioning/concern trolling Black people's work and conversations with "what about disabilities?"
Why are you assuming that the Black person you're addressing isn't disabled themselves?
Why are you assuming that the Black person you're addressing isn't disabled themselves?
There are enough Black disabled activists & experts to speak about Black folks' ableism. *They are far more qualified than you to do this work.*
Boost them. Provide them financial support, platforms, and opportunities, and work on your own communities.
You've got work to do.
Boost them. Provide them financial support, platforms, and opportunities, and work on your own communities.
You've got work to do.
Also, defund the carceral state - Black disabled folk are disproportionately affected by the prison industrial complex and policing. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/black-disabled-lives-matter
