black ppl with neurodivergent conditions (high functioning autism, ADHD, bipolar, dyslexia) are treated much more harshly within the community.

[Child_Of_God]

Do anyone else feel like black neurodivergent folks are treated vastly differently within the community?

From my own experience (I have ADHD) I was definitely isolated and there was times where I was purposely outcasted, ridiculed/mocked for simply being “different”, even from most of my family.

Online, many other black folks (primarily men) told me that they felt hella ostracized within community and they’ve only been able to make friends/relationships with other black ppl with neurodivergent conditions like themselves or with other races who are neurodivergent.

 

[The_Truth]

Unfortunately, mental health and related conditions is still taboo to a lot of people in our community.

 

[feelosofer]

I think this conversation is evolving still. There has always been a stigma when it comes to mental health in the Black community as a whole because Black people were treated in the medical community like mules and guinea pigs. Canaries in the coal mine in a sense. That thought process for a long time spread inward towards the differently abled and those with different mental capabilities. It's going to take time to undo that mentality.

 

[315]

Don't really have much experience with it to say one way or another

 

[Child_Of_God]

Unfortunately, mental health and related conditions is still taboo to a lot of people in our community.

Yeah, it’s not uncommon to see people use autism as an insult on here and on black online spaces.

 

[Child_Of_God]

I think this conversation is evolving still. There has always been a stigma when it comes to mental health in the Black community as a whole because Black people were treated in the medical community like mules and guinea pigs. Canaries in the coal mine in a sense. That thought process for a long time spread inward towards the differently abled and those with different mental capabilities. It's going to take time to undo that mentality.

One good thing I can say about Gen Z is the fact that they are openly bringing up mental health issues from our community and becoming accepting of it instead of ignoring or shaming it like past gen’s did.

 

[In The Zone '98]

Are you tryna frame a position that Blacks aren't emphatic

The people who are mean to you. Are equal to or greater than the people who treat you fairly

You think most of us walk around like Nelson from The Simpsons?

 

[NinoBrown]

I don't feel that way at all, we are by our nature a caring and empathetic people. Don't let incels tell you otherwise...

 

[WIA20XX]

Seems like an online thing.

IRL, any black person that's weird/off/etc gets poor treatment from other black people, and also everyone else.

Dumb, unhip, uncool, autistic, country, foreign, "not from round here", poor, smart, talks funny, Gay, effeminate, shy, awkward, anxious, mixed, light skin, dark skin, weak, fat, uncoordinated, can't dance,...

It's definitely not all love. Particularly when someone is young, but often well into adulthood.
But cool cats (and cats trying to be cool) get shot and pretty girls get all types of abuse too.

When upper middle class suburban whiteness is the baseline, Black people get the worst of everything, from others but also ourselves.

There is no safe place, no grace for none of us

 

[TEH]

Seems like an online thing.

IRL, any black person that's weird/off/etc gets poor treatment from other black people, and also everyone else.

Dumb, unhip, uncool, autistic, country, foreign, "not from round here", poor, smart, talks funny, Gay, effeminate, shy, awkward, anxious, mixed, light skin, dark skin, weak, fat, uncoordinated, can't dance,...

It's definitely not all love. Particularly when someone is young, but often well into adulthood.
But cool cats (and cats trying to be cool) get shot and pretty girls get all types of abuse too.

When upper middle class suburban whiteness is the baseline, Black people get the worst of everything, from others but also ourselves.

There is no safe place, no grace for none of us

Rep

 

[Pazzy]

appreciate your haters.

 

[RickyDiBiase]

Seems like an online thing.

IRL, any black person that's weird/off/etc gets poor treatment from other black people, and also everyone else.

Dumb, unhip, uncool, autistic, country, foreign, "not from round here", poor, smart, talks funny, Gay, effeminate, shy, awkward, anxious, mixed, light skin, dark skin, weak, fat, uncoordinated, can't dance,...

It's definitely not all love. Particularly when someone is young, but often well into adulthood.
But cool cats (and cats trying to be cool) get shot and pretty girls get all types of abuse too.

When upper middle class suburban whiteness is the baseline, Black people get the worst of everything, from others but also ourselves.

There is no safe place, no grace for none of us

I swear some of ya’ll take pride in being doormats

No backbone, no sense of integrity

 

[King_Kamala61]

I swear some of ya’ll take pride in being doormats

No backbone, no sense of integrity

But you like to grab ya own ankles for me

Fat Black Cripple dikk Stroke Different

 

[Collateral]

Being on this forum definitely showed me these how these “neurodivergent” individuals are treated by other black ppl. One eyed Reggie was the most infamous example. Intelligent brother, just “off” and the board got tired of his rants & rambling and got him the fukk on outta here. Now he migrated to some Somalian forum to get his scattered views across, and he ain’t even Somalian!

 

[RickyDiBiase]

Being on this forum definitely showed me these how these “neurodivergent” individuals are treated by other black ppl. One eyed Reggie was the most infamous example. Intelligent brother, just “off” and the board got tired of of his rants and rambling.

You can’t use that type of stuff as an excuse

But with that said, if a mfer bites you, you bite back.

Ain’t like we all gotta get up and ride the bus to school in the morning

People cap on me over my shyt with my dad, and I don’t let it slide and let em know I can take it there with them.