In this interview for HuffPost Canada, Uppala Chandraesekera, the director of public policy at the Canadian Mental Health Association Toronto and the first mental health expert appointed to the Toronto Police Services Board, speaks about the detrimental impact of racism on mental health.
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Soon they will do a study showing that racism makes structural and chemical changes in our brains, and recommend giving all minority groups prophylactic antidepressants just in case.
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Excellent idea! And those who resist can be diagnosed as suffering from “drapetomanic anosognosia.”
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