A # of problems would have been greatly reduced by white men simply liking themselves instead of measuring their self-worth by the oppression of others.

The ideology of white supremacy & patriarchy is a collective self-esteem failure that prevented many people from building a self-worth on merit.

To ignore these roots, to ignore the impacts of these factors on the mental health of human beings, particularly in a country with a history of systemic oppression of minority populations, is to act unethically in practice. 2/2

Mental healthcare is political. I am so tired of seeing people say that mental healthcare providers should be “apolitical”. Mental health issues are often rooted in systemic, economic, social, cultural, and environmental factors. 1/2

📚Resisting Autocracy Lessons📚

DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE

Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given.