Posted on 10/21/2019 10:42:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
“Today, more than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, America is again divided, by geography, party, ideology, economics and race.”
—From “Is America Heading For Another Civil War?” Austin Sarat on July 30, 2019.
The debate over the merits of Donald John Trump’s presidency continue with no sign of closure in sight.
The constituency that elected him has remained steadfast in its support, as the marginalized and ethnically diverse who oppose him, stay at odds with his policies and (in their view) offensive rhetoric. Vast segments of the psychiatric community, including the editorial staff of Psychology Today, and the eminent Yale psychiatrist Bandy Lee, have expounded on the potential harm of the chief executive’s mental fitness, on our collective psyche. That said, we have reached out to a cross section of (non-white) mental health clinicians to get their take on the man in the Oval Office and his impact on people of color in these United States.
A rudderless community in the wake of a storm
“Radical” is the word conjured up by Dr. Sandra Cox, the head of Los Angeles’ Coalition of Mental Health Professionals, when confronted with the name Donald Trump. For decades a custodian and shepherd to the needs of the South L.A. community, Cox now serves a largely Black and Hispanic clientele. The specter of fear cast by the man in charge is apparent to both demographics.
Immigrants with little or no command of the English language (who, in turn, are likely to have questionable legal status regarding their residency in this country), are reluctant to openly express an opinion about the man or his policies. Those with more stable footing feel slightly freer to talk about the relative merits of the current administration. Native-born Blacks demonstrate an erosion in self-esteem as well.
(Excerpt) Read more at insightnews.com ...
I saw that pic. She works at UCLA. The report was by her. So, when she refers to this study, it’s basically her opinion.
“Radical” is the word conjured up by Dr. Sandra Cox, the head of Los Angeles’ Coalition of Mental Health Professionals, when confronted with the name Donald Trump. For decades a custodian and shepherd to the needs of the South L.A. community, Cox now serves a largely Black and Hispanic clientele. The specter of fear cast by the man in charge is apparent to both demographics.”
This is the giant lie under all the lies in the Trump era. The spector of fear has not been cast by Trump. It has been manufactured by a media acting as the dedicated slaves of those parties that lost to Trump.
When Blacks free themselves from the same intellectual plantation the media keeps itself to, they become freed independent individuals able to see the political slander the media dishes out, and they fear no more.
The authors and those they spoke to are trying to work diligently to keep “minorities” locked up in the same intellectual plantation they occupy.
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