Jonathan Mathias Lassiter: Notes from a Frustrated Black Psychologist

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Apr 23, 202601:03:36Society & Culture

In his latest book, How I Know White People Are Crazy and Other Stories, psychologist Jonathan Lassiter pulls back the curtain on the mental health system and reveals the hurdles that Black psychologists and students are...

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