Summary:
In the video, Out of Our Right Minds: Trauma Depression and the Black Woman, I observed specific issues that black women face resulting from trauma and depression. It exposed how the history of this population shaped the expectations and stereotypes that hinder them from taking proper self-care today. These expectations originated from the civil rights era; a time where colored women had to witness their husbands and children get beaten, lynched, and taken from them; yet they still had to hold their selves together. This is why they are currently held to such high standards. It is believed that if they endured all of this, that they can get through anything.
Depression is a mental illness that is prevalent in black women. According …show more content…
With these preconditioned thoughts, they often neglect self-care because they believe, and were taught that they can get through anything. This feeling is too developed from women being told at a young age that what happens in their household stays in their household. This is another reason why going out and seeking help is frowned upon and looked to as a weakness. Not because it is, but because they are trying to live up to these cultural standards that were imposed on them at an early age. According to educator Narubi Selah, an additional factor that contributes to depression in black women is them being subject to “not look like their selves”. She expresses that women are always buying straight weave, and color contacts so that they can look like someone else. This is because, in early history, they were conditioned to believe that the white woman was the definition of …show more content…
Mental illness is seen as an embarrassment for this population, due to the expectations that are imposed amongst them. These expectations shape the way that they carry their selves. Some examples include them prevailing from their history, and showing no signs of weakness. These expectations originated from the stereotype that “white folks are crazy and not black women”. This stereotype puts a lot of pressure on the people who actually need help within this population, providing them with an excuse to not seek
In the video, Out of Our Right Minds: Trauma Depression and the Black Woman, I observed specific issues that black women face resulting from trauma and depression. It exposed how the history of this population shaped the expectations and stereotypes that hinder them from taking proper self-care today. These expectations originated from the civil rights era; a time where colored women had to witness their husbands and children get beaten, lynched, and taken from them; yet they still had to hold their selves together. This is why they are currently held to such high standards. It is believed that if they endured all of this, that they can get through anything.
Depression is a mental illness that is prevalent in black women. According …show more content…
With these preconditioned thoughts, they often neglect self-care because they believe, and were taught that they can get through anything. This feeling is too developed from women being told at a young age that what happens in their household stays in their household. This is another reason why going out and seeking help is frowned upon and looked to as a weakness. Not because it is, but because they are trying to live up to these cultural standards that were imposed on them at an early age. According to educator Narubi Selah, an additional factor that contributes to depression in black women is them being subject to “not look like their selves”. She expresses that women are always buying straight weave, and color contacts so that they can look like someone else. This is because, in early history, they were conditioned to believe that the white woman was the definition of …show more content…
Mental illness is seen as an embarrassment for this population, due to the expectations that are imposed amongst them. These expectations shape the way that they carry their selves. Some examples include them prevailing from their history, and showing no signs of weakness. These expectations originated from the stereotype that “white folks are crazy and not black women”. This stereotype puts a lot of pressure on the people who actually need help within this population, providing them with an excuse to not seek