Rejecting the Madness as “Darkness” Discourse

Feminist theorists highlight how racialized metaphors of madness bolster White claims to sanity and reinforce racism in mental health.

Our culture of anti-Blackness has been shown to contribute to the emergence of psychosis for persons discriminated against based on minority status. In general, people from ethnic minority backgrounds typically experience more significant psychological distress, which is linked to poor mental health outcomes . Moreover, as Merrick Pilling has observed , “[t]he confluence of anti-Black racism and misogyny, also known as misogynoir, means that Black women are even less likely to be believed and more likely to be blamed for the violence they experience.” New work by Jess Waggoner draws our attent

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