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Posted by Bobby on March 20, 2006, at 10:03:15
that no black people(to my knowledge post here? Are white people exclusivly proned to mental illness?
Posted by fairywings on March 20, 2006, at 10:27:34
In reply to Isn't funny, posted by Bobby on March 20, 2006, at 10:03:15
I know that's not true bec. someone mentioned their race in a post. But otherwise how would we know one way or another?
fw
Posted by wildcard11 on March 20, 2006, at 11:21:06
In reply to Re: Isn't funny » Bobby, posted by fairywings on March 20, 2006, at 10:27:34
each time i have visited the center i go to (5yrs), for counseling and to see my doc, the majority of patients that *i* see are of another decent than *white*. i haven't ck'ed any statistics but it affects everyone. at one point i *think* women were the higher statistic but that was when mental illness was just 'coming out' per say and unfortunately men thought if they sought help, it showed weakness. thank goodness things have changed.
Posted by fairywings on March 20, 2006, at 11:55:34
In reply to Isn't funny, posted by Bobby on March 20, 2006, at 10:03:15
Bob has stats on gender - 63% female, "handles", and percentages of where posters are from, but that's about it.
fw
Posted by muffled on March 20, 2006, at 12:51:10
In reply to Re: Isn't funny, posted by fairywings on March 20, 2006, at 11:55:34
Hey Bobby is your wife black? Your kids are way cute. Love brown babies. We strangley don't have alot of black people where I live, but numbers are increasing. Good...more brown babies for me to admire!!!!!!!!!!!!Ha!
Actually ALL babies are cute. But its kindof a joke in our family cuz of 4 sisters, 2 married asian, and two maried real white looking guys, so us brown baby moms used to diss the white baby moms in a hundred fun ways bout their blindingly white kids. They'd get us right back too. Lotsa fun.
Have fun with that nappy hair!!!!!!
Take care,
Muffled
P.S. you ARE one hansome son of a gun, really. But don't get a fat head bout it! :-)
Posted by Deneb on March 20, 2006, at 12:57:07
In reply to Isn't funny, posted by Bobby on March 20, 2006, at 10:03:15
I'm Asian. :-)
Here's my pic.
http://greendeneb.tripod.com/my_photo_album/index.album?i=1
Deneb*
Posted by JenStar on March 20, 2006, at 19:37:33
In reply to Isn't funny, posted by Bobby on March 20, 2006, at 10:03:15
hi Bobby,
I don't know the race of most posters, except for a few who have told us, or who have posted pictures. I would assume that there is a racial mix, though - why do you think they're mostly white? (They might be - I don't know either way!)I'm white, for the record.
I know of a few specific posters who are Indian or Chinese, but apart from that I don't know.
If it's true that most of the posters ARE white, I don't know if it would necessarily mean that no other races suffer from mental illness though. Just that they don't post here.
What do you think about it all?
JenStar
Posted by Deneb on March 20, 2006, at 20:48:00
In reply to Isn't funny, posted by Bobby on March 20, 2006, at 10:03:15
Wildcard says she's Polish/Cherokee.
She wanted me to put up her pic.
http://photobucket.com/albums/e245/greendeneb/
Doesn't she just glow? :-)
Deneb*
Posted by Bobby on March 20, 2006, at 21:01:29
In reply to Re: Isn't funny » Bobby, posted by JenStar on March 20, 2006, at 19:37:33
We'll just call it poster intuition.
Posted by JenStar on March 20, 2006, at 21:29:19
In reply to Re: Isn't funny » JenStar, posted by Bobby on March 20, 2006, at 21:01:29
I guess I have feelings about people too, based on how they write, and what they write about. Sometimes (not often, but sometimes) their posting name gives a hint, too.
I make my best guess as to their age, race, gender, etc if I don't know. Sometimes it's little clues that seem to signal "white" to me, too. Maybe a childhood experience they share, or a sort of open-ness that speaks to a lack of prejudice in their life. Sometimes I don't even know why that I assume someone is white, but I often do it, too.
Wonder how often I'm right?
JenStar
Posted by rjlockhart on March 20, 2006, at 22:07:40
In reply to Re: Isn't funny » Bobby, posted by fairywings on March 20, 2006, at 10:27:34
I have heard that black population has more symtoms with Schizophrenia, in killing and crime.
But im not discrimiating at all.
Matt
Posted by muffled on March 20, 2006, at 22:09:42
In reply to Re: Isn't funny » Bobby, posted by JenStar on March 20, 2006, at 21:29:19
People can't judge people here based on how they look one way or another.Cuz they don't know!!!!!Ha!
I like that.
Posted by LegWarmers on March 20, 2006, at 22:25:03
In reply to Re: Isn't funny, posted by rjlockhart on March 20, 2006, at 22:07:40
> I have heard that black population has more symtoms with Schizophrenia, in killing and crime.
>
> But im not discrimiating at all.
>
> Matt
hmm...hmm...
fyi, brutal serial killers, tend to be white. But of course there really is no strong evidence to support any theory that a particuar race has more of one disorder/tendency and less of one than another. Overall we all are the same, we express things in slightly differnt ways and people are often diagnosed with certain disorders or not diagnosed at all because of circumstance. so for the record, black people do not have higher rates of schizophrenia or of killing people and if I still have it and can find it, I will post a link to an old article I read about this. Just needed to clear that up.
Posted by LegWarmers on March 20, 2006, at 22:40:02
In reply to Re: Isn't funny » rjlockhart, posted by LegWarmers on March 20, 2006, at 22:25:03
I don't have it anymore. But what I should say is that any differences found between 'races' has nothing to do with genetic predispositions, but rather, life experiences
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