I would've posted this sooner but my mental state has been a bit raw and ragged around the edges as of late due to recent stupidity beyond my control.
A while back I posted a loose theory about the correlation between race, specifically the black race, and depression. I have a hard time remembering what I wrote, but I have a vague sense that it was about how the extra burden of a subconcious awareness of one's immediate ancestors being regarded as inferior...along with the less than human status of more removed ancestors...could be a contributing factor to depression.
I caught the tail end of this segment on All Things Considered and it struck me so hard that I hunted it down to listen to the entire feature. This short special brought to life the constant, sub-level pressures of existing as a black person in a "white" society better than I could ever explain it here. Listening to this brought back too many painful memories and made me wonder why more black kids with "white suburb educations" aren't depressed.
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