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Hey Black Minds!
In this episode, I briefly discuss findings from survey data from apprx 100 African American people on mental health practices. I was particularly interested in finding out if religion and therapy were thought to be mutually exclusive in older black populations. The findings surprised me but left me with more things to think about.
Enjoy!
**Disclaimer*** This discussion and research is said to be based on data from African Americans. I must acknowledge that this term is far too broad as it includes anyone who deems themselves as both American and having some African Ancestry that is may or may not include spanish or latino ancestry. In this discussion, I am actually only speaking about African Americans who have America origin that predates the 1900's and who's story includes that of slavery, identity stripping, sharecropping, integration, the great migration and economic exploitation under capitalism. The findings may not apply to African immigrants after the 1950s or those that do not have a collective memory of the aformentioned social challenges of African Americans of earlier American origin.