Transcript
What do I believe that
will help the stigma
in the black community as
far as mental illness goes,
I believe, yes, that they'll...
We have to have somebody
who's been there, done that,
got the t-shirt, and
wearing it with it tucked in
and acting like they got some sense now.
So we have to see a finish.
We have to see a product.
We have to see somebody
actually that's living it.
And when we see somebody living it,
then we are more apt to buy into it.
So those who are in the black community,
went out and got help have to return back
to the community and educate and say,
"Look, I was that person.
I was that person you see
at the gas station pumping
gas every day trying
to support his habit to drink and drug.
I'm that person that you
saw walking down the street
talking to himself looking up at the sky.
I'm that person."
And if I can get better,
the hope is that anybody
who wants to can.
But I have to go back to the community
because in the black community,
we really view mental
illness as a bad thing.
And you're defective, there's
something wrong with you.
And it's really nothing wrong with you,
it's just that you have something
that you need help living with.
There's nothing wrong
with you, you're not bad.
And so we have to go and
cancel out all of those things.
It's a lot of work to do, a lot.