Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Hey guys! In todays video I talk about the stigma surrounding mental illness within the black community. Its important to start a conversation about this but I also brought up statistics and why this needs to be acknowledged and we should normalize speaking about mental health.

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T I M E S T A M P S
0:00 - intro
0:40 - the start of the video
1:25 - mental health statistics
3:11 - the black experience
6:33 - religion and mental illness
9:46 - discrimination in healthcare
13:09 - my thoughts on the stigma
14:25 - outro

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A B O U T M E
hi! my name is Zhariya Smith and I make commentary videos about things that I find interesting. I am an 18-year-old college student from Florida and my goal in life is to become an actress.