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Official Umar Johnson Thread
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That and being a FRAUD. He’s more than dedicated to the cause.
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What does that have to with anything? Figures that a homophobic jew hater would not know how to respond to the question..
What is my religion?
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1. You mean the dark ages? This sounds like a "product of my environment" excuse for being an awful human being.
2. I know religious people love to treat the study of it as if it were "scholarly", but a theologian's interpretation of religious scripture is just as and potentially less valid than an atheists
3. There is no "lack of knowledge". From my view it seems like everyone within that religion is picking and choosing what validates the values they were raised with. Man created God in his own image vile, sexist, and homophobic. These damn "theologians" can barely come to a consensus when it comes to interpreting texts that have been edited throughout the years beyond recognition.
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Are you talking about yourself? Perhaps you should stop projecting! You accused me of being down with gay people, and in the same comment stating that I am homophobic? Which one is it?!
Oh you need Jesus!
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I'm not singling out Islam I mean look at our constitution which is basically the Quran for white people in Mississippi. They are already making "that was a different time" excuses for **** like slavery and women being second class citizens.
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....and you are the anti intellectual's intellectual. A misanthrope of magnificent proportions, a misogynist without peer. Congrats!KHUFU you are without a doubt the hotep shutter island. Props to your consistency , I bow out.
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This thread too huh?
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I believe you've said u were apart of some type of woman worshipping religion, what made depart from it?
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I've never said such a thing.
I do not follow any religion.
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Anything Black, they will try and destroy on this site.
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My belief is ancestral. You are both your mother and father. You are your grandmothers and grand fathers. You are your ancestors, all the way to the beginning of time.I meant to quoteC.Magneto , may u clarify that?
I am sure that you know about the Haitian revolution, and how they used the ancestors in order to be called into war. The same happened upon slave ships those that had uprisings.
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Nah not anything black.......because WE and quite possibly YOU don’t even know what and who the hell you are. Truth be told I really wouldn’t be surprised if you were a LGBT white male that’s trying to push this black male female oppression/anti-black male agenda. Can any reputable person on here honestly vouch for this FRAUD??
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I consider myself very reputable and I will Proudly vouch for him and I hope others will too.
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Well, have you ever seen jesus?
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WE appreciate
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for his entertainment value and his commitment to character. Fam is on another level and deserves an award. Is there anyone that is just being themselves that wants to vouch for the #1 FRAUD?
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What if I told you it's no act
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I am going to ask you again, tell me, have you ever met jesus?WE appreciate
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Got damn
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I think that this is appropriate for this thread now, so we'll see who is truly struggling with mental illness here...a little something from my face book feed...
Black men Suffer from mental illness: How racism figures in
Horace Howard has been committed to Tinley Park Mental Health Center five times for auditory and visual hallucinations and once to Cermak Health Services, a psychiatric hospital operated inside Cook County Jail, where he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
His history of psychiatric hospitalizations notwithstanding, Howard, a 1994 DePaul University political science graduate, refused to believe he was mentally ill.
“Mental illness is a stigma that means you’re crazy, and I’m not crazy,” he said.
Howard, who is 57, exemplifies why mental illness is a silent epidemic among African American men, and why it is difficult, if not impossible, for some mental health professionals to reach black men, even after the men have convinced themselves or have been forced by others to seek help. Daniel Jean, a licensed clinical professional counselor and former director of the Woodlawn Adult Health Center, a mental health clinic where Howard was a patient, said black men equate being called crazy with being seen as violent and dangerous.
“It means they cannot be trusted,” said Jean, of the way society perceives black men with mental illness. “It also means they cannot take care of themselves because they are unstable. African American men don’t believe they suffer from depression; they don’t believe they should cry because they are told to ‘man up’ and solve their own problems.”
The Woodlawn clinic was one of six city-run public mental health clinics closed in 2012 for budget reasons.
Racist roots of mental illness
Although some African American men reject the idea they are mentally ill, the seed of mental illness was planted deep in black consciousness hundreds of years ago during slavery, according to Marcus Murray, co-founder of Project Brotherhood, an informal group of African American men who meet on Thursday afternoons to discuss common problems.
“Black men suffer from post-traumatic slave disorder; it is ingrained in our consciousness that we were slaves, and we watched helplessly as our wives and daughters were raped,” Murray explained.
“The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became A Black Disease” by Jonathan M. Metzl also describes this phenomenon. Slaves who escaped bondage were called crazy or mad by plantation owners and physicians, Metzl wrote. “It was well-known, of course, that race and insanity share a long and troubled past,” he wrote. “In the 1850s, American psychiatrists believed that African American slaves who ran away from their white masters did so because of a mental illness called draptetomania. Draptetomania is now considered the edifice of scientific racism. Medical journals of the era also described a condition called dysaesthesia aethiopis, a form of madness manifested by ‘rascality’ and ‘disrespect for the master’s property’ that was believed to be ‘cured’ by brutal whippings. Even at the turn of the twentieth century, leading academic psychiatrists shamefully claimed that Negroes were psychologically unfit for freedom.”
Metzl is director of the Culture, Health and Medicine Program at the University of Michigan. The book, which was published in 2009, is supported by more-recent studies.
For example, a 2011 article in Psychology Today reported that African-American men suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is characterized by depression, anxiety, nightmares, insomnia and hypervigilance. The disorder is further complicated by low self-esteem and feelings of humiliation because of daily encounters with racism, including micro-aggressions.
Murray, the co-founder of Project Brotherhood, said, “Sixty percent of black men suffer from mental illness caused by the stress of living in a white world where it is difficult for them to find work so they can take care of themselves. They and their families often live in gang-infested and crime-ridden neighborhoods with questionable police protection. Even black men who are working and living in low- or crime-free neighborhoods also suffer from racism.”
Murray’s views are echoed by Dr. Waldo E. Johnson Jr., a University of Chicago professor and editor of the book, “Social Work with African American Males: Health, Mental Health, and Social Policy.” Johnson said black men often see themselves as being undervalued and viewed suspiciously as criminals, regardless of their circumstances.
Black men Suffer from mental illness: How racism figures in
Horace Howard has been committed to Tinley Park Mental Health Center five times for auditory and visual hallucinations and once to Cermak Health Services, a psychiatric hospital operated inside Cook County Jail, where he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
His history of psychiatric hospitalizations notwithstanding, Howard, a 1994 DePaul University political science graduate, refused to believe he was mentally ill.
“Mental illness is a stigma that means you’re crazy, and I’m not crazy,” he said.
Howard, who is 57, exemplifies why mental illness is a silent epidemic among African American men, and why it is difficult, if not impossible, for some mental health professionals to reach black men, even after the men have convinced themselves or have been forced by others to seek help. Daniel Jean, a licensed clinical professional counselor and former director of the Woodlawn Adult Health Center, a mental health clinic where Howard was a patient, said black men equate being called crazy with being seen as violent and dangerous.
“It means they cannot be trusted,” said Jean, of the way society perceives black men with mental illness. “It also means they cannot take care of themselves because they are unstable. African American men don’t believe they suffer from depression; they don’t believe they should cry because they are told to ‘man up’ and solve their own problems.”
The Woodlawn clinic was one of six city-run public mental health clinics closed in 2012 for budget reasons.
Racist roots of mental illness
Although some African American men reject the idea they are mentally ill, the seed of mental illness was planted deep in black consciousness hundreds of years ago during slavery, according to Marcus Murray, co-founder of Project Brotherhood, an informal group of African American men who meet on Thursday afternoons to discuss common problems.
“Black men suffer from post-traumatic slave disorder; it is ingrained in our consciousness that we were slaves, and we watched helplessly as our wives and daughters were raped,” Murray explained.
“The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became A Black Disease” by Jonathan M. Metzl also describes this phenomenon. Slaves who escaped bondage were called crazy or mad by plantation owners and physicians, Metzl wrote. “It was well-known, of course, that race and insanity share a long and troubled past,” he wrote. “In the 1850s, American psychiatrists believed that African American slaves who ran away from their white masters did so because of a mental illness called draptetomania. Draptetomania is now considered the edifice of scientific racism. Medical journals of the era also described a condition called dysaesthesia aethiopis, a form of madness manifested by ‘rascality’ and ‘disrespect for the master’s property’ that was believed to be ‘cured’ by brutal whippings. Even at the turn of the twentieth century, leading academic psychiatrists shamefully claimed that Negroes were psychologically unfit for freedom.”
Metzl is director of the Culture, Health and Medicine Program at the University of Michigan. The book, which was published in 2009, is supported by more-recent studies.
For example, a 2011 article in Psychology Today reported that African-American men suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is characterized by depression, anxiety, nightmares, insomnia and hypervigilance. The disorder is further complicated by low self-esteem and feelings of humiliation because of daily encounters with racism, including micro-aggressions.
Murray, the co-founder of Project Brotherhood, said, “Sixty percent of black men suffer from mental illness caused by the stress of living in a white world where it is difficult for them to find work so they can take care of themselves. They and their families often live in gang-infested and crime-ridden neighborhoods with questionable police protection. Even black men who are working and living in low- or crime-free neighborhoods also suffer from racism.”
Murray’s views are echoed by Dr. Waldo E. Johnson Jr., a University of Chicago professor and editor of the book, “Social Work with African American Males: Health, Mental Health, and Social Policy.” Johnson said black men often see themselves as being undervalued and viewed suspiciously as criminals, regardless of their circumstances.
Black men Suffer from mental illness: How racism figures in - Social Justice News Nexus
Racism has created a climate where Black men with mental illness can feel stigmatized or "crazy."
sjnnchicago.medill.northwestern.edu
