The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Mental Health Stigmas in the Black Community

Episode Date: October 10, 2023

Trevor looks at the ways Black people are kept from therapy by racial inequalities in diagnosing mental illness, a lack of Black therapists and stigma from within the Black community. Trevor also sits with mental health advocate Taraji P. Henson, who talks about her charitable initiative providing free virtual therapy sessions for underserved communities, and musical artists Big Sean and Miguel offer insights into their own mental health struggles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, coming out every Thursday. We're going to be talking about the election, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. You're listening to Comedy Central. The holiday season is finally upon us.

And you know what that means? Family, decorations and an old man breaking into your house while the children are asleep. I still don't understand how that's legal. But unfortunately, for a lot of people, Christmas can also be a tough time emotionally. They call it the most wonderful time of the year, but the holidays can also bring boatloads of stress. Believe it or not, there is such a thing as festive stress. Holidays are typically the busiest time of year for mental health professionals.

64% of people experience feelings of anxiety or depression during the holidays. Yeah, it turns out the holiday season is the worst time for anxiety and depression, which makes sense. Because think about it, you see your whole family, and they're not doing well or they're all doing better than you. Either way, it sucks. Now, one thing people can do is book more time with their therapist. But unfortunately, that's not an option for everyone. And it's especially challenging for black people. But let's find out why that is in another installment of, if you don't know, now you know. There are few groups who could stand to benefit from therapy more than black people. I mean, think about all the things black people have been through.

Slavery, segregation, winter, all equally traumatic experiences. But unfortunately, even as therapy has become more mainstream, the black community has had a tough time getting the help that they need. It's hard enough to get mental health treatment in the US, but studies show that racial and ethnic minorities are significantly less likely to receive mental health treatment than whites. Black and Hispanic children are less likely to get mental health care than white kids. And studies show that irritability and the average white teenager is often labeled as depression. That same behavior is more likely to be seen as disruptive in black or Latino children.

And doctors say that can lead to feelings of hopelessness at a very young age. Yes, one of the reasons many black people don't get the proper treatment is misdiagnosis. What is seen as depression in white people can be seen as disruptive behavior in black people. And this shouldn't be surprising. Right? This kind of thing happens in medicine all the time, mixed diagnoses. It's like when a black person has a seizure, it's a medical emergency. But when a white person does it, it's called dancing. But it turns out, it turns out, even when black people are properly diagnosed with

mental health issues, it can still be a challenge to find a therapist who's equipped to handle their needs. Making the crisis worse, not enough African-American therapists. Today, only 4% of psychologists are black. Kevin Durton says admitting he needed help was actually easier than finding it. He saw three different therapists, but felt that none of them understood the stress and emotions unique to black men. When Taraji P. Henson's own son, Marcel was struggling. She found it nearly impossible to find him one. Trying to find a culturally competent therapist

was like looking for a purple unicorn with a gold horn. Do they understand the cultural context from which I'm coming from? Do they understand the culture that I live in? That's right. It's extremely difficult for black people to find a black therapist. And's been like this for a very very long time. I mean that's why Martin Luther King Jr. was always describing his dreams to huge crowds. You know it's just like I had another dream that I'm being chased by bears in

my underwear does anyone here know what that means? Now now you may think you may think that a therapist's race shouldn't matter at all. And that's true, but if you think about it, it does make sense. For many white therapists, no matter how good they are, it can be hard to understand the particular experiences of a black person. You know, just sitting there in a session, even if they're trying, it could be like, so you say people are following you around the store and you're invisible but only to taxi drivers? Hmm, paranoid delusions? So when it comes to mental health, there's a very real struggle for black people to access health care, get diagnosed correctly, and find the therapist who can relate to them.

But if that wasn't bad enough, there's another major hurdle stopping black people from getting therapy, and it comes from the black community itself. We have a stigma in the black community when it comes to dealing with mental health theats. Black students say where they come from, it's shameful to talk about anxiety, depression and trauma. It's not okay to have mental health issues or like that's a white people thing. I've heard all time black men don't go to therapy, they go to the barbershop. I told my own mother that I was seeing a therapist and she said, you don't need to see a therapist, what you need to do is see a preacher. You got Jesus.

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deal with problems at church. It's a familiar place for us, right? You trust the people there. And it's also a fun atmosphere. Like therapy doesn't seem fun. Church is cc. Ch. Ch. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the, the, the, the, the, their, thi. the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, their. their. their. their. their, their, th. th. th. the. their. th. the. te. their. their. their. their. their, their. their fun. Church is cool. I get it. In fact, that's what I was thinking. Maybe, maybe that's one way we could try and help solve this therapy crisis. We need to make therapy a little bit more like Black Church. And I think it would be pretty dope. I don't know. It's just really hard for me to let people in. And I feel like it's probably because every time I show affection, it just feels like weakness. Uh-huh. Did y'all hear that?

Did y'all hear what brother Jabuki just said right here? Brother Jabuki said that he can't show affection because it feels like weakness. But before we can understand what hurt us, you gotta understand who hurt us. Who hurt your brother, Jabuki. Oh, wow. I would probably say my father. Because he was really emotionally distant, but then so was his father, which is probably where he got it from.

The sins of the father. Passed down from generation and generation. And what will break this cycle, other than a reflective analysis of the egos hold on your psyche? I need to self-actualize. You need what? Self-actualize? Self-actualize? Self-actualize. Self-actualize. Self-actualize. Self-actualize. Self-actualize. Self-actualize. Self-actualize. Self-actualize. Self-actualize. Self-actualize. He's going to empower himself. Overcome his demons. Deal with his forgotten memories. Confression. Confront his dysfunctional avoidance of intimacy.

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I've just been going through a lot. And it was really helpful to talk. covered out of Blue Cross. Son, the only cross of my network is Jesus. John Stewart here. Unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, The Weekly Show. We're going to be talking about the election, economics, ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Earlier today I got the chance to talk to Golden Globe-Wi-Gupper Taraji you get your podcast. Earlier today, I got the chance to talk to Golden Globe winning actor Taraji P. Hansen.

Her foundation has launched a free virtual therapy support campaign to help people access mental health services who otherwise couldn't afford it. We talked about that and much more, so check it out. So Raji P. Hanson, welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Yes, thanks for having me. How are you holding up in quarantine? Your hair looks great. Thank you.

I've learned to do a lot in this quarantine. And this is one of the projects of getting better each and every time. The first time it took me three days, this time it took me four hours? No, yeah four hours. Wow. You've always been an advocate for mental health issues, you know, you you've always spoken out about it, you've always encouraged people to talk about it, share about it, get the help that they need, remove all of the stigmas in talking around mental health, and I've always appreciated you for that. I know that your foundation thoe tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tha, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to, to, to, to, to, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, thi, t you for that. I know that your foundation is doing something amazing right now during coronavirus. Tell us a little bit about that.

We're doing a virtual fundraiser. It's called the COVID-19 virtual fundraiser. What we're doing is we're offering five therapy sessions for those underserved communities. Who have been saying it so much, my brain is like, but it's for those who are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19. And it's basically, you know, neighborhoods that are of brown, brown and black people. So, right.

And because we don't really deal with mental health in our community, it's so much stigma around it. I just felt like a face needed to be put to it. And then in this special time now where people are isolated and you know that they're going through things in isolation and they don't have the means or the money. I just felt like I needed to do something. So. It really is, yeah, it really is a beautiful move because I feel like during this period, more people have experienced and gotten in touch with what it is like to be either depressed or struggling with mental illness in a way that they haven't. You know, a lot of the time people can avoid it, people can run away from it.

Some people don't even know they're experiencing it just because of how fast their life might be moving. And they have ways to escape. You can escape. Now you're forced to sit still. And so my prayer and my hope is that people who have shunned it, seeking help or just believe the stigma around it. Hopefully they can take this time and this moment to experience it, to just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just. it. to just to just to just to just to just to just to just to just to just to just to just to just tothe stigma around it. Hopefully they can take this time and this moment to experience it, to just try it.

I mean, because literally, you know, we keep saying when the world opens back up, we will all have trauma to get over after this, all of us. Tell me something, how have you managed to communicate to people the importance of therapy, especially when we come from communities. I mean, I know for a fact, I grew up in South Africa. I grew up in a family where, for the most part, if I went to my grandparents and said, theaugh, they'd say, you need to run, you need to sleep, or you need Jesus. You know, so, how have you managed to break thrown as a white people thing or something that's just like a almost fake in many ways.

I had to step up and tell my own story. Instead of preaching to people and you need to do this, I had to let them see that, you know, because I think the misconception that people have of celebrities is that money can save everything. You know what I mean? Like, oh, you rich. You don't have no problems. And it's like money can amplify your problems. And like Biggie Small said, the great poets and guru, Biggie says more money, more problems, and he never lied. You know? So with that, you have to make the adjustments and you have to take care of your yourself. So I felt like me coming forward and I feel like I have the community trust me. You know, I mean, I think they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they th th th th th th th th th th th they they th they they they they thi thi thi. they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they th. the the the their their their their th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I th. I they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they th. I thi. thi. think think think thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thitake care of yourself. So I felt like me coming forward and I feel like I have the community trust me. You know, I mean, I think they still see me as event from Baby Boy,

you know, the characters that I play seem tangible and relatable in a way. And I wear my heart on my sleeve. And so I felt like if I came forward with my own issues, that will free up a lot of people. And it th people th people and For me when I did it and I said it and I finally said it on a national platform, you know, and then I started saying other people speak up. It was like, okay, I'm not alone. You know what I mean? The big bad monster is gone, you know, and that's how you eradicate the stigma. The more we normalize the conversation, then the easier it'll be to have have the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to have the the the the the the the to have the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the eradicate the stigma. The more we normalize the conversation,

the easier it'll be to have the conversation. Thank you so much. You made my day. Thank you for joining us on the show. Thank you for talking about mental health, something we all deal with at different levels and people need to talk about more. Thank you for bringing lights into our show. I appreciate you. Thank you. And if you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you to you you you to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thooooooooooooooooooo. thooooooo. to to to just text no stigma to 707070. No stigma to 707070. Okay, and if we want to book hair appointments, is

there a website for that or not, not yet. I haven't started it yet, but you can use my TPAs products which are sold at Target. Well, there you have it. So Raja P. Hansen. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you you. you. th. th. th. th. th. to to the to the to th. th. to the to to the to to the th. the th. to to to th. to to tha. tha. tha. to to to to to tha. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their. toge. toge. toge. te. te. te. toge. toge. toge. toge. toge. toge. toge. toge. toge. So, Roger P. Hansen, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. Take care as they say. Hey, everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, the weekly show. It's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, TGID. Thank God, it's Thursday. We're going to be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics. Earnings calls.

What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance, it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart wherever you get your podcast. Earlier today I spoke with the Grammy-nominated multi-platinum artist Big Sean. We talked about his new album Detroit 2 which has gone to the top of the charts. Welcome man, welcome to the daily social distancing show my dude. Good to, welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show, my dude.

Good to have you back on the show in a very different way. Yeah, man, I appreciate it. And congratulations. I feel like last time you came on the show, you had your album out and you were at the top of the Billboard charts. Detroit 2 just dropped and you have debuted at number one. Thank you so much. Thank th. Thank so so. Thank you so much to to to to to to to to to to to th. Thank you so much to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to. too. to. to. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. toe. the. toe. toe. the. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. the. toe.... Congratulations. Thank you so much, man. Thank you so much. And honestly, it means a lot to debut like that. But for me, it was already number one just because of what I wanted to put in the music

and the impact that I wanted to make for the people who were ready for that. So that actual number one was just like a cherry on top for sure. Listening to it, I was really intrigued by the journey that you take us on. It's an emotional journey. You talk about America's health care system. You talk about religion. You talk about your own anxiety and depression as a human being. This is not something you normally hear rappers rapping about. It's a very vulnerable album, but at the same time it's not weak.

It's a really delicate balance. Why did you feel the need to make an album that is so vulnerable? Honestly, it wasn't even by choice. It was just what was in my heart at the time. You know, I feel like I got into a point in my career. I feel like whenever you do something for 10 years plus, your passion starts to change for it. You know, it's not the same hunger that you had when you first got into it.

And I was experiencing that, and I was experiencing all this anxiety and depression and I didn't know why. I was like, let me focus on me. And you know, I did therapy. I spiritually, really got my spiritual connection stronger and that foundation stronger. And in doing that, like through all the meditations I was doing, one of the things that I did was visualize and go back to when I was 15 or when I was 19 and 21,

when I was sleeping in the studio, like, why, why was I so passionate? Like, why did I do that and it helped me return back to the essence of that but as an as as a new as a new as a new as a new me though at the same time you know and uh it's something that has helped me rediscover myself and when I really asked myself what's my passion what's my purpose it was like my real purpose is to inspire, right? So the best way I can do that is through the music. And when I did that, when I said that,

that's when all the honesty really started coming through. Because it was like, okay, I may have to sacrifice my privacy, but it's gonna help somebody and it's gonna inspire somebody and lift them up........... And th. And the. And the. And the. And the. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And, I. And, I. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. their. their. their. their. their, their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. And, their. And, their. And, their. And, their. And, their. And, their. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. the. the. the. the. the. the. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. to inspire somebody and lift them up and that's what I needed. I needed inspiration and motivation. So that was my whole goal. I feel like you've done that time and time again throughout this album. I think there's a reason it's number one right now on the charts is because it's not just great music but it connects to what many people are going through, especially during these times. One of my favorite their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the. I the. I the. I the. I the. I thii. I'm thi. I's the, I feel thi. I feel, I feel, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I's, I's, I's, I's, I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I's is is the. I'm the. I'm t. I feel te. I feel te. I feel te. I feel tea. I feel tea. I feel tellu. I feel tell. I feel te. I feel te. I feel te. I feel te. Ithese times. One of my favorite lyrics is in Deep Reverence, when you say, in high school, they taught me about chemistry and biology, but they didn't teach me how to deal with anxiety.

Right. And that really hit me because, like, in the world, if you think about it, no one teaches you how to deal with a lot of these that that's something you're going to be pushing a lot more going forward is trying to get people to deal openly with anxiety and depression and anything else they may be dealing with? I mean, I don't apply everything I learned in physics or, you know, the trigonometry I had to learn or like all these things. It's like, so I think they need to really incorporate that into the health class. Because mental health is your health, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi thi thi thi thi they may they may they may they may they may they may they may they may they may they may they may they may they they they they they they they they they they they th, th, th, thi, they thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, thin, thi, thi. thin, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, th. It's called mental health to specific, to, you know, to specifically point that part of the health out, but I don't say like,

hey, my hand health is good today or my eye health is really strong today. It's like, to me, it's all health, so that needs to be incorporated on how to deal with anxiety, how to deal with depression. Also things I learned the thi thi thi to to to to to to to thi to to to thi to to to thi to thi to to thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thin, thin, thin, the, thin, the, the, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to thean, to specifically the the s like taxes, like all the things I learned in school, especially all the math classes, I needed to learn more about taxes, send up LLCs, you know, all those things, man. It's been three years since your previous album. It's been three years of Big Sean living his life. It's been three years of you growing as an artist. What do you think has been the biggest change? Hmm, well I feel like I'm still learning and still going through it, you know?

I feel like it's a journey, but to me, the biggest, I guess the biggest transformation that has happened since my last album is that I've been able to listen to my gut, listen to my heart, and walk in my purpose. And I think that when you walk in purpose, you know, happiness is something that you see every day, you know, and something that you can help, especially in a time where we need it the most, especially in a time where the world is on fire, especially in a time where we're losing heroes in real life, and losing role models and people who have so much more life to give us. I think it's important that we all rise up and be the best version that we can be of ourselves. I think you've done that, man. I think you've done it in the music. I think you do it in your life. I appreciate you, man.

Big Sean, thanks for joining us on the show. Yes, sir, peace, bro. My guest tonight is Grammy-award-winning artist, Miguel. We took about what he's been up to over the last couple, the the the the the the the the daily social distancing show. Yeah, thanks for happening, man. It feels like you're doing everything. It feels like you're comfortable doing everything, which is what I really enjoy about watching you work, you know, whether it's creating new music, whether it's working with Rihanna for Fenty. Even to things, even to things like being a mental health advocate.

I mean, that a few years ago wasn't the sexiest thing in thing in thing in thing in thing in things things things things things things things things things things things things thing in the world but you were someone who came out or you've always talked about therapy whether it's for couples or for individuals you've always talked about you know preserving your mental health I'd love to know why you felt like no as Miguel I'm not just going to keep the enigma around mental health going I will keep myself that but but talking about mental health is something that I'm going to instill in everybody. Why did you feel the need to do that? I mean, the real thing is a platform to reach people, you start to realize that there's opportunity to help somebody, somewhere. And I guess just not wanting to take that for granted and realize there's a kid like me somewhere that grew up in some

neighborhood that was underprivileged like I was or came from a, you know, broken family or is of mixed heritage like I am or, you know, just all the different things that you could be because everyone's dealing with something, you know, I would have loved to have someone reminding me that I have the choice to choose the way that I see the world, how I face with the world, that you know, the way that I learned how to deal with things, you know, you can choose better ways. You can, right. Those things are, that's the thing is like, we get operating systems on our phones like every two, I don't know, two months now or something like that. And, you know, what, what, what, what's, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that's that's that, I the the th. that's that's that's, I that's, I that's, I the the the the the the the the the the the way, the way, the way, the way, the way, I the way, I the way, I the way, I the way, I their their their their their their their their their they. they. they. they. I they. I they. I they. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I don't know, two months now or something like that.

And you know, what's the personal operating system upgrade? Oh, man. I think the earlier we can instill that in, you know, other, you know, younger kids or younger people, the more likely they're, they're going to be a building and curating their own mindset as they get up and hopefully, know a happier more fulfilled people that's the future so I just think of that kind of thing. Yeah man I I appreciate it honestly I appreciate I appreciate what you speak on I appreciate the the music that you put out I appreciate you being you because it's just like it's I think it's inspiring to see people who

who work at being comfortable being themselves because I think it inspires everyone to try and do the same the same the same the same the same the same the same the same the same to the same the same the same. to to the same. their their their their their. their. their. I their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm thi. I'm their. I'm their. I'm thi. I'm their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm their. I's is is is is is is is is is is is is is is is is is is their. I's is is is is. I's is. I's is their. I's is. I's is. I's is. I'm the the the the the the the the thi. I'm thi. I'm th. I'm th. I'm te. I'm te. I'm tttttttttttttttttttttttttttry. thing. So I'm excited. Thank you for the music. Thank you. Generally, whenever we get an art dealer chic, it means there's a Miguel album coming up. I know you're not going to say anything, so I'm just going to assume that. And I'm going to be ready for it. But in the meantime, I'm going to be enjoying it. on the show. Appreciate you.

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Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, the weekly show. It's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, TGID, thank God it's Thursday. We're going to be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking

about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance, it's probably second? I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast.