Conference to look at how racism affects mental health
Friday, June 25, 2004 at 03:12AM
TheSpook
Bob Marley spun racism into reggae music, while
Washington-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo devolved into violence and
self-destruction, according to organizers of an upcoming conference
that will consider their different responses and the mental health
effects of racism. The conference at Meharry Medical Center tomorrow,
called ''Creativity and Madness in the African Diaspora,'' will examine
how racism and the legacy of slavery pushes some black people either to
acts of heroism or creative genius, while others are pushed into
violence and mental illness. [more]
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