Challenging the ‘whiteness’ of mental illness [Medium.com]

Samantha Sangenito 3/2/154:00 AM

Is mental illness a “white person’s disease”? Dior Vargas says that’s often how media and pop culture portray it.

Vargas, who refers to herself as a Latina feminist mental health activist, wants to change that perception.

Last fall, Vargas, who is based in New York, started the People of Color + Mental Illness Photo Project, which invites people of color to upload photos of themselves holding a sign that talks about their mental-health struggles. So far, more than 50 people have submitted photos, from all over North America.

Vargas aims to counterbalance what’s normally shown on TV: “…white women who are upper middle class, who don’t have the struggles that people of color deal with.”

[For more of this story, written by Allie Jaynes, go to https://medium.com/aj-global-e...illness-93c9dee18f8b]

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