witchthot:

all these little psas and text posts about mental illness are nice until you realize they are probably made by white people who aren’t thinking of the intersections of race and mental illness. Because I see people down with addressing mental illness when white people involved all the time….not with POC especially Black folks. Don’t act like white people with mental illnesses aren’t taken more serious than POC especially Black people. White people will be excused for violent impulses, my Black ass won’t. My erratic behavior will be seen as dramatic, made-up, or not serious. I will be blamed for it, it is a character flaw. But white people, especially white men will be given the benefit of the doubt. People will excuse them and take their mental illness in account. They will be seen as poor sick souls. I will more likely be told to get over it, pray, or killed.