I think to myself, if my biological parents received the proper mental health support would my life have been the same? I believe that we as black American descendants of slaves, must attend to our mental health if we ever hope to win this war against white supremacy. Along with getting reparations, we must take it upon ourselves to perform mental health wellness checks with each other. A lot of us, whether we like to admit it or not, deal with untreated mental illness because of generations of trauma. This drama is because of the legacy of slavery, Jim Crow, white supremacist attacks, having our ancestors lynched, having our businesses burned and our families torn apart. As tough as we think we are, our psyches are still fragile. I felt I needed to address this because suicide in the black community, is a beast that isn't getting enough light shined upon it. Mental health therapy is for too expensive and unattainable for a lot of us to partake in. We have to be our own mental health and trauma healing. We have no friends so we must take it upon ourselves to give our psyches much needed pampering. A mentally ill people, will never be a supreme people.