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Cake day: December 30th, 2024

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  • I'm sorry you had to go through that 🫂

    The history of Psychiatry and Psychology is riddled with racism and pseudo-science, and, unfortunately, I feel like things haven't changed enough. It doesn't surprise me that the disabled are being discriminated against too. From the 19th century, Phrenology, where psychologists claimed that white people are more intelligent because they have a "different" shape of the skull, was widely believed as it reinforced white supremacy. Or, in the 20th century, "Lobotomies", which damage someone's brain enough so that they can be lifeless and obedient earned a Nobel prize. In both cases, psychologists flaunted their intellectual superiority and saw the ill as burdens to society. I believe the same thing is happening with this century's psychologists, but on a smaller scale