00:00Since Don Cornelius took his own life, it's really sad, but we need to show things that are affecting our communities.
00:18I don't think we're doing enough to really talk about mental health.
00:22I mean, when my father committed suicide, it was my duty to talk about it.
00:27And people have really put their arms around me to be strong enough to talk about it because it's a very private circumstance.
00:37And it's been a veil of shame for quite some time.
00:40So I started the Don Cornelius Foundation in order to help grassroots organizations, you know, support people who are struggling with mental health and suicide.
00:53I think we need to start having more open conversations, not just on a mental level, but also on a spiritual level.
00:59A lot of times we substitute things and we don't tap in with people.
01:02Tap into people and see what they're going through.
01:04Even if it's just sitting down to have a conversation, taking someone out to coffee, you never know.
01:07We're going and understanding that it's a real, real thing.
01:10It's not just somebody who needs to go sit in the corner or needs a whooping.
01:13You know what I mean?
01:14Mental illness is very, very real.
01:16And the acceptance and understanding that therapy is necessary, sometimes even medication is necessary.
01:22But overwhelmingly what's necessary is a need and a sensitivity and a warmth and an embrace of the challenges of mental illness.
01:30Things like this, just acknowledging that black people do have mental health issues are a step in the right direction.
01:37The black community, I think recently we have seen more of a conversation about it.
01:41I hope that that conversation continues.
01:44I feel like it's still a big stigma for our community.
01:48I think that we are making strides.
01:49I personally have even gone to black girl therapy for myself.
01:54There's a website where you can find a therapist on there.
01:57I think it's an amazing website that has like a lot of women of color who are therapists.
02:00So you can feel comfortable with going to therapy with somebody who looks like you, which is really awesome.
02:06But no, I don't think we've done enough.
02:08I think there's always places to go with that.
02:14I don't believe it.
02:15I don't know.
02:16I think there's always places.
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