By Valerie Kaur — 2013
An ad campaign is selling clothes and challenging bigotry in America.
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Barbara Ford Shabazz, PsyD, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, is painfully familiar with the various mental health issues that many members of the Black community face.
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).
People of color are dealing with racism all the time, in large and small ways, and even dealing with racism in healthcare, even dealing with racism in therapy.
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.”
The author really interested in what a popular movement would look like at the intersection of radical mental health, social justice politics, and disciplined spiritual practice.
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Applying Buddhist teachings to emotional healing with relationships, marriage, and lust.