There’s nothing to win over. These voters are likely not to see ethnicity has an issue that needs to be addressed. They are are fully aligned with the platform. For these voters, ethnicity and race don’t matter because racism doesn’t exist or it’s not that big of a problem.

I was confused for a second and had to scroll back up to see if I was in the right comment section.

None of you know what it’s like to be a rich, Black man with mental illness. None of you could understand the pressures of working within an industry that is racist with very few people to trust. The one steady support system he had died. It’s not a game about how to condemn the mentally ill. I find these responses…

This is a shitty response. Everyone’s experience with bipolar disorder is different. Obviously Kanye has different pressures than other people due to fame, race, power, guilt over his mother’s death, being in a stressful industry that prioritizes youth, whiteness, and revenue above all. So unless you can speak to that…

Don’t cover mental illness unless you have spoken with a couple of psychiatrists. This is irresponsible journalism. There are too many people willing to condemn a man for not having an “acceptable” form of illness, based on their personal experience. In fact, people in psychosis do say racist things and we still treat…

Bonds are British. Anyway, it would be more interesting to stop chasing things that men do (and existing IP) and start imagining women-led action films from a totally new angle.

Yes. I’m a Black medical student hoping to go into psychiatry. I have completed psychiatric rotations so I have seen what the burden of mental illness is like. I have friends with bipolar disorder. And there is nothing sadder than seeing all the little Black kids with mental health problems inpatient treatment or…

I would also like to suggest that The Root keep talking about Black mental health. Blacks have a lot of trauma in their backgrounds racism, implcit bias, watching modern day lynchings, economic struggles. Very susceptible to mental illness and don’t talk about it enough.

Don’t feel badly. These n of 1, anecdotal “information” hurts the mental illness awareness movement.

Yes. I have taken an SSRI and all medications have side effects. Some of them are tolerable and others are intolerable. Psych meds are not easy to take.

Thanks for posting something decent about bipolar disorder to counter the shit takes that have been running rampant.

The media’s response to Kanye West was very bigoted toward people with mental health disorders. Just because either his disorder or personality didn’t make him “sympathetic” enough. A bunch of trash takes came through these parts.

I’m not surprised because all the sites and some commenters have been in willful denial over his bipolar disorder to shit on him. “That’s not bipolar disorder.” “ I have bipolar disorder and it’s not an excuse to act like that.” There is some deep seated racist sentiment or anti mental illness providers talk around…

The Polly Platt story on You Must Remember This podcast is excellent. Might give you some insight.

This coverage is racist, racist, racist, racist. The man has said he has bipolar disorder. We’ve all seen evidence of mania: george bush Katrina outburst, Taylor swift award cockblocking, rambling on Twitter, rambling in concerts, disorganized runs for president...Yet the Black mentally ill person gets NO respect and…

People aren’t taking this seriously because he isn’t the perfect victim of a mental health disorder. I think it is super racist. How does anyone know how mental illness might express itself in a talented, Black man with significant wealth? He has had to navigate being Black in life, being Black in the entertainment…

I am really disappointed by these comments. This man clearly has a complicated bipolar diagnosis and has also admitted he has bipolar disorder. Yet, the prevailing themes are “so what?” and making judgements on who deserves to have sympathy as a mentally ill person. This is why it is hard for mentally ill people to be…

Peak Gawker/Jezebel was in 2007.

Peak Gawker/Jezebel was in 2007.

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