It's not that black people were against therapy or addressing "mental health". We always did that. Whitley was rich (or her parents were, at least); so she could afford a shrink. For everyone else, their counselor was Mr. Gaines, or Lettie (female dorm director), or some Big-Mama-type character. That's where we got our therapy (along with something to eat, most of the time) when we couldn't afford $300/hr for a shrink.
It's not that black people were against therapy or addressing "mental health". We always did that. Whitley was rich (or her parents were, at least); so she could afford a shrink. For everyone else, their counselor was Mr. Gaines, or Lettie (female dorm director), or some Big-Mama-type character. That's where we got our therapy (along with something to eat, most of the time) when we couldn't afford $300/hr for a shrink.
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