2.5x to 3x higher for Non-Hispanic Whites than for Blacks, Asians and Hispanics.

I thought this was about crime or something, very tasteless

It’s ironic though because they have it the easiest. 

what kinda thread is this

What is this basic ass Excel chart

7 minutes ago, Illuminati said:

I thought this was about crime or something, very tasteless

I thought it was about getting married. Like most likely to commit to each other.

Everyone else is already getting shot 

Because of mental health crisis

um chile

How are we supposed to know? What are you trying to insinuate with this thread? 

15 minutes ago, Pendulum said:

What is this basic ass Excel chart

It's from wikipedia.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Age_adjusted_US_suicide_rate_by_race_1981-2016.png/400px-Age_adjusted_US_suicide_rate_by_race_1981-2016.png

 

Here's one from the CDC updated to 2020.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db450.htm#:~:text=After increasing between 2000 and,and Hispanic (7.5) people.

This is not nice to post. There might be members in this community who are struggling and thinking about this and this feels like shaming them to me. 

This thread. 
 

I mean Blacks, Hispanics, Asians handle struggles and difficult times better than whites which plays a factor to why the rates are higher in the superior race.

 

1. Social isolation: White Americans may be more likely to experience social isolation or disconnection from their communities, which can increase their risk of suicide. This may be due to factors such as changes in family structure, geographic mobility, and job insecurity.

2. Access to lethal means: White Americans may have greater access to lethal means of suicide, such as firearms, which can increase the likelihood of completing suicide.

3. Mental health stigma: There may be greater stigma associated with mental health issues among white Americans, which can prevent individuals from seeking help and lead to increased feelings of hopelessness and despair.

Not sure, but I would assume it's a combination of (1) guilt from white people (esp. white males) may feel like there is nothing to blame for their life failures whereas POC can blame the system being against them (2) POC in various neighbourhoods are already used to a fight or flight mentality that they can die anytime. This is all spoken generally with room for exceptions of course.

6 minutes ago, Chaos Angel said:

Not sure, but I would assume it's a combination of (1) guilt from white people (esp. white males) may feel like there is nothing to blame for their life failures whereas POC can blame the system being against them (2) POC in various neighbourhoods are already used to a fight or flight mentality that they can die anytime. This is all spoken generally with room for exceptions of course.

This is kinda what I wanted to say.

 

Blacks/POC communities we are faced with struggles and other hardships by default. Struggles that easily effect our mental health.

21 minutes ago, MotoPapi said:

This is not nice to post. There might be members in this community who are struggling and thinking about this and this feels like shaming them to me. 

It's a provocative way to start the topic but my intent was not to delegitimize the struggles of anyone that's dealing with mental health struggles or suicidal ideation. 

 

The data does suggest that the relationship between suicide and privilege/discrimination is more complicated than some narratives would suggest though. 

Because it's been normalized to bully white people. 

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47 minutes ago, CrimsonX said:

I thought it was about getting married. Like most likely to commit to each other.

Samsies

26 minutes ago, AbeHicks said:

 

1. Social isolation: White Americans may be more likely to experience social isolation or disconnection from their communities, which can increase their risk of suicide. This may be due to factors such as changes in family structure, geographic mobility, and job insecurity.

2. Access to lethal means: White Americans may have greater access to lethal means of suicide, such as firearms, which can increase the likelihood of completing suicide.

3. Mental health stigma: There may be greater stigma associated with mental health issues among white Americans, which can prevent individuals from seeking help and lead to increased feelings of hopelessness and despair.

I think the mental health stigma is much higher in the POC community mainly because of spirituality and religion. We’re told to “pray it away”. I’m surprised Black people are the lowest a good chunk of the time because I thought Black men had the highest rate (maybe it was disproportionately highest) but taking your life is VERY taboo in the Black community and so is mental health. You’re more likely to be called “crazy” and be told to get closer to God, than get actual help with your mental issues.

4 minutes ago, Lipgloss said:

Because it's been normalized to bully white people. 

And it’s not normalized to bully everyone else?

21 minutes ago, Devin said:

This thread. 
 

I mean Blacks, Hispanics, Asians handle struggles and difficult times better than whites which plays a factor to why the rates are higher in the superior race.

I think facing a more "explainable" or "justifiable" struggle against external forces is less likely to lead to suicide compared to more "internal" personal struggles. Maybe blacks who struggle to deal with their struggles in a healthy way lash out in different ways?

 

Supposedly suicide rates have gone down during times of war for example (after war though, veterans often have higher risk of suicide). The US also has a rather high suicide rate compared to MENA, SEA and LatAm countries (like 3x+ higher). Maybe those countries have better family cohesion? 

7 minutes ago, Lipgloss said:

Because it's been normalized to bully white people. 

You are right. White people need to stop bullying other white people. 

White people probably have less healthy social support structures and communities, which prevents them from receiving the adequate help to counter those kinds of thoughts.

Because there's more of them? idk