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Tourette’s, Racism & Responsibility – Through the SSF Lens
Tourette’s, Racism & Responsibility – Through the SSF Lens
What happens when an involuntary tic uses a word that carries centuries of racial violence?
In this episode of Through the SSF Lens, Dr Shungu M’gadzah explores a recent public incident involving Tourette syndrome, coprolalia (involuntary taboo speech) and the N-word – and asks how we can hold disability, racism and responsibility together without using one to erase the others.
Drawing on the Six Stages Framework (SSF), Shungu unpacks:
What Tourette’s and coprolalia actually are – and why tics can be involuntary and distressing.
Why the content of a tic is shaped by our cultural environment and the language we live with.
How institutions can hide in the Cave of Comfort/Privilege by saying “it’s not his fault” while leaving Black pain unnamed.
What a more +1 / +2 response might sound like – for individuals, organisations and the media.
She also offers gentle reflection questions to help you locate yourself on the SSF continuum:
Who did you rush to protect first?
What language circulates in your world, even if you never say it out loud?
Where would you place yourself Through the SSF Lens?
This episode is an invitation to build bridges of empathy – across race, disability and all the differences that shape our reactions to stories like this.
Key words: Tourette syndrome; Coprolalia;
Neurodiversity; Anti-racism; Six Stages Framework; Psychological safety; Inclusion; Disability and race; Media responsibility; Dr Shungu M’gadzah; Through the SSF Lens; Building Bridges of Empathy
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By Dr Shungu Hilda M'gadzahTourette’s, Racism & Responsibility – Through the SSF Lens
What happens when an involuntary tic uses a word that carries centuries of racial violence?
In this episode of Through the SSF Lens, Dr Shungu M’gadzah explores a recent public incident involving Tourette syndrome, coprolalia (involuntary taboo speech) and the N-word – and asks how we can hold disability, racism and responsibility together without using one to erase the others.
Drawing on the Six Stages Framework (SSF), Shungu unpacks:
What Tourette’s and coprolalia actually are – and why tics can be involuntary and distressing.
Why the content of a tic is shaped by our cultural environment and the language we live with.
How institutions can hide in the Cave of Comfort/Privilege by saying “it’s not his fault” while leaving Black pain unnamed.
What a more +1 / +2 response might sound like – for individuals, organisations and the media.
She also offers gentle reflection questions to help you locate yourself on the SSF continuum:
Who did you rush to protect first?
What language circulates in your world, even if you never say it out loud?
Where would you place yourself Through the SSF Lens?
This episode is an invitation to build bridges of empathy – across race, disability and all the differences that shape our reactions to stories like this.
Key words: Tourette syndrome; Coprolalia;
Neurodiversity; Anti-racism; Six Stages Framework; Psychological safety; Inclusion; Disability and race; Media responsibility; Dr Shungu M’gadzah; Through the SSF Lens; Building Bridges of Empathy