Mental Health in Black Communities

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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Society & Culture

4.0 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In Black communities especially, struggling with mental health issues is still taboo. And that’s a problem.

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0:00.0	What's up y'all, I'm Brian Ford, Artisan Baker and host of the new podcast FlakyBiscuit.
0:06.5	I'm gonna help y'all learn how to cook and bake new things as we get to know our guests
0:10.6	through their favorite nostalgic meal.
0:13.0	If you are ever at a place in your life where things are too busy or your head gets too
0:17.0	big, having a meal like this, it reminds you of who you were and also who you still are.
0:23.9	Listen to FlakyBiscuit every Tuesday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever
0:28.8	you get your podcasts.
0:58.8	The War Within, the Robert Bale's story, is a podcast that unpacks the controversial
1:04.5	crimes of an American soldier, anchored by exclusive interviews with the man himself.
1:09.9	Maybe I made a mistake, maybe I am wrong, but you have to understand the way it went down.
1:15.2	The series aims to answer lingering questions around what happened one tragic night in Afghanistan.
1:20.8	Bale's actions are merely a symptom of a broken army.
1:26.0	Listen to the War Within on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your
1:30.4	podcasts.
1:31.4	Hey, this is Emily and this is Bridget and you're listening to Stuff Mom Never Told You.
1:52.9	New July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.
1:56.9	A month that I think is really important, I actually didn't know that this was a thing
2:01.4	that was marked and it's important.
2:04.2	So today's episode is all about a topic that I feel very personally connected to as a
2:08.6	woman of color, Black folks and mental health.
2:13.4	Most people maybe don't know this.
2:15.4	Mental health and black communities can be a bit of a taboo topic.
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