Just watched an episode of Law & Order [which btw is becoming exceedingly difficult] and now I come to find out there is a new defense: racial-induced trauma, as yet to be included in the DSM-V but...wait for it...is considered "a condition recognized by many sociologists, psychologists and psychotherapists." They are also placing it on a level with PTSD, a demon many of my fellow Vets have to deal with on a daily basis, me included. Now they are trying to say, paraphrasing here, that someone of color who has suffered from a "lifetime of oppressive behavior" is justified in murdering someone.
Wait a minute. I'm 60 and have lost jobs or didn't get them because I'm white, but I certainly haven't killed anyone, either accidently or prematurely. This is a popular show, and that message is being fed as if it is a regular thing. Chalk this up to the many faces of the destruction of society in America.
Just watched an episode of Law & Order [which btw is becoming exceedingly difficult] and now I come to find out there is a new defense: racial-induced trauma, as yet to be included in the DSM-V but...wait for it...is considered "a condition recognized by many sociologists, psychologists and psychotherapists." They are also placing it on a level with PTSD, a demon many of my fellow Vets have to deal with on a daily basis, me included. Now they are trying to say, paraphrasing here, that someone of color who has suffered from a "lifetime of oppressive behavior" is justified in murdering someone.
Wait a minute. I'm 60 and have lost jobs or didn't get them because I'm white, but I certainly haven't killed anyone, either accidently or prematurely. This is a popular show, and that message is being fed as if it is a regular thing. Chalk this up to the many faces of the destruction of society in America.