shesonone4real 
Stop trying to send us to whites for help! We know that they care less about our state of mind. If they cared they would vote to end the oppression instead of changing the color of it and selling it as a new “legislation”. Most psychiatrists/psychologists are white or were taught by whites. History has taught us that to this branch of medicine or any branch of medicine for that matter use blacks as scientific fodder and will test untested drugs on us! Why in the hell would I reach out to them?

I would like to say that this is an isolated comment but I’ve received this and variations of it via email, facebook message and anon messages in tumblr. 

I can not begin to get to a point where I can make sense of this line of thinking. The FACT is that black people are dying. The FACT is that black people are suffering (not living with. Not managaiing.) SUFFERING from untreated mental illness. The FACT is that regardless of what “White people do or don’t do”, the FACT is that mental illness and suicides still exist. You can blame white people for everything from Snookie to Jason Derulo but blaming white people for mental illness in black folks does absolutely no good. 

This kind of self-righteous bullshit denial pisses me off because it affects how people view themselves. It affects how they choose to continue denying their illness. If you notice, I NEVER tell people to go on medication. I’m on medication and it works for me but I don’t think medication is good for everyone. It works for me. I encourage folks to explore it with caution if it may work for them. Before I got on meds, I exhausted every form of yoga and clean eating and meditation, it didnt’ work for me. Medication works for me. I NEVER encourage people to just chuck it all and take what anyone gives you. I simply emphasize emphatically that you do SOMETHING. You do anything. You pay attention to what your brain is telling you and you seek help.  

Living in denial and pretending that you don’t have illness doesn’t make it go away. It just makes it more difficult to live the life you deserve to live. Ignoring it doesn’t make it go away. Blaming your resistance to seek treatment is fool hardy and asinine. 

It has nothing to do with “white people” and everything to do with your self-righteous, pretentious, pompous bullshit.

Let’s pretend that it is “white people’s fault” what the fuck are you doing about it then? Nothing? then they fucking win. 

Rest your understanding on that shit.