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Originally Posted by sarahsweets
I do not think the two can be compared. I was never followed around a store because they thought I would still because of BPII. My SIL was. I have never been denied access to places because of BPII, many black people have. No one suspected me of doing the wrong thing automatically because of BPII- many black people are presumed guilty until proven innocent. I do not have people around me have assumptions about my character because of BPII- people of color do. I am less likely to be arrested and jailed due to BPII. The thing is, with people of color- particularly black people- you see on the outside their differences and based on that have preconceived notions about their character, worth, personality.
I get what you mean, I do. Mental illness is full of stigma and judgment and horrific treatments used in the old days- and terrible treatment of us from a wide swath of the medical professionals now. I just do not think the two compare.
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Thank you so much for your thoughts, Sarah. I always value your input greatly.
That said, my experience since 2010 in the major US city in which I live is pretty much the exact, polar opposite of yours. My civil rights were systematically incinerated by my police department and that strategy was based entirely and 100% on my history of bipolar 1. They illegally accessed my psychiatric records, listened to appointments with my pdoc and lawyer, and embarked on a massive scale to disinform and misinform the entire world that any complaints of mistreatment from me were all due to my psychosis. These tactics were taken straight from an old KGB or Church of Scientology playbook. It was a brilliant plan. And it was all, completely predicated on their illegally and unconstitutionally obtained information about my bipolar 1. It ulitmately resulted in 2 hospitalizations, one lasting nearly 5 years.
I suspect this is far more common than is publicly known. If this team did this to me, they obviously have done it to others. The reason they are able to continue to do these things is that they insist on silence, like all authoritarians and dictators.
I am very glad you have not personally had to deal with anything like this, Sarah.