{"id":413236,"date":"2019-02-23T21:44:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T05:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=413236"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:20:42","slug":"ep-45-mental-health-and-people-of-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/02\/23\/ep-45-mental-health-and-people-of-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 45: Mental Health and People of Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7018\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-413236-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/45_Ep_45_v2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/45_Ep_45_v2.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/45_Ep_45_v2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/45_Ep_45_v2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_pinw=413236-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/45_Ep_45_v2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"45_Ep_45_v2.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('413236-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_413236-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_413236-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_embed=413236-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/disability-visibility\/id1282878324\u00a0?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityvisibilityproject.com%2F%3Fp%3D413236\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today\u2019s episode is about mental health and people of color. My guest today is <a href=\"http:\/\/diorvargas.com\/\">Dior Vargas<\/a>, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a Latina Feminist Mental Health Activist and the creator of the <a href=\"http:\/\/diorvargas.com\/poc-mental-illness\">People of Color and Mental Illness Photo Project<\/a>. Dior will talk about her photo project which started in 2014 and a new book of photo essays she edited titled, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/diorvargas.com\/color-of-my-mind\"><em>The Color Of My Mind: Mental Health Narratives from People of Color<\/em><\/a>. This book features full page portraits of a wide range of people of color with different mental health disabilities including short quotes about their lives. We also talk about the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">invisibility of people of color in the media representation of mental illness and the need for greater cultural competence in mental health.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_413240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-413240\" style=\"width: 332px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"413240\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/02\/23\/ep-45-mental-health-and-people-of-color\/colors-of-my-mind-front-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Colors-of-My-Mind-Front-Cover.jpg?fit=2551%2C3300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2551,3300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Colors of My Mind Front Cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Book cover of The Color of My Mind: Mental Health Narratives from People of Color, Edited by Dior Vargas &amp;#038; Photography by Zackary McDowell. Photo with a red background featuring a woman of color with curly brown hair looking to the right of the camera. She is wearing a white shirt with a floral print. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Colors-of-My-Mind-Front-Cover.jpg?fit=792%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-413240\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Colors-of-My-Mind-Front-Cover.jpg?resize=332%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Book cover of The Color of My Mind: Mental Health Narratives from People of Color, Edited by Dior Vargas &amp; Photography by Zackary McDowell. Photo with a red background featuring a woman of color with curly brown hair looking to the right of the camera. She is wearing a white shirt with a floral print.\" width=\"332\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Colors-of-My-Mind-Front-Cover.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Colors-of-My-Mind-Front-Cover.jpg?resize=768%2C993&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Colors-of-My-Mind-Front-Cover.jpg?resize=792%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 792w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Colors-of-My-Mind-Front-Cover.jpg?resize=1800%2C2328&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-413240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Book cover of The Color of My Mind: Mental Health Narratives from People of Color, Edited by Dior Vargas &amp; Photography by Zackary McDowell. Photo with a red background featuring a woman of color with curly brown hair looking to the right of the camera. She is wearing a white shirt with a floral print.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1HB5meDou3BEvWkvho6pCtsuUayJMLMi-cZuF3GNIx_A\/edit?usp=sharing\"><strong>Google doc<\/strong><\/a>] \u00a0 \u00a0 [<a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mental-Health-and-People-of-Color.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Related Links<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.depressedwhileblack.com\">Depressed While Black<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disability Visibility Podcast. (March 11, 2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4H7t1-17SL\">Ep 20: Asian American Women and Mental Health with\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Emily Wu Truong<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> and Jessica Gimeno.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nqttcn.com\/\">National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomoremartyrs.org\">No More Martyrs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.letserasethestigma.com\/race-and-mental-health\">Project LETS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shelton, Tiffany. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mybrownbox.com\/blog\/whats-the-big-deal-therapy-for-women-of-color\">What&#8217;s the Big Deal? Therapy for Women of Color.<\/a> My Brown Box.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tesseracollective.org\/\">Tessera Collective<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_413242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-413242\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"413242\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/02\/23\/ep-45-mental-health-and-people-of-color\/p01288-045_46-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/P01288-045_46-1.jpg?fit=2503%2C3000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2503,3000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P01288-045_46 (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Black and white photo of a Latina facing the camera with a serious face, her hair down, and wearing a black v-neck top. Photo credit: Norman Jean Roy.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/P01288-045_46-1.jpg?fit=854%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-413242\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/P01288-045_46-1.jpg?resize=350%2C419&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a Latina facing the camera with a serious face, her hair down, and wearing a black v-neck top.\" width=\"350\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/P01288-045_46-1.jpg?resize=250%2C300&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/P01288-045_46-1.jpg?resize=768%2C920&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/P01288-045_46-1.jpg?resize=854%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 854w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/P01288-045_46-1.jpg?resize=1800%2C2157&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-413242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black and white photo of a Latina facing the camera with a serious face, her hair down, and wearing a black v-neck top. Photo credit: Norman Jean Roy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Dior Vargas<\/strong> is a Latina Feminist Mental Health Activist, and the creator of the People of Color and Mental Illness Photo Project, a response to the invisibility of people of color in the media representation of mental illness. She tours the country giving keynotes, hosting workshops, and speaking on panels. Her work and insight have been covered in media outlets such as Forbes, Newsweek, NBC News Latino, and The Guardian. Dior is the recipient of numerous awards including, The White House Champion of Change for Disability Advocacy Across Generations. She is working towards a Master of Public Health at NYU&#8217;s College of Global Public Health. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dior is the Editor of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Color Of My Mind,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a photo essay based on her viral online photo series, &#8220;People Of Color and Mental Illness Photo Project,&#8221; launched in September, 2014. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Color Of My Mind <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ow available for purchase: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/diorvargas.com\/shop\/book\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/diorvargas.com\/shop\/book<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/diorvargas.com\">http:\/\/diorvargas.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiorVargas\">@DiorVargas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dior_vargas\/\">@Dior_Vargas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Support Disability Media and Culture<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/donate\/\"><b>DONATE<\/b><\/a><b> to the Disability Visibility Project\u00ae<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geraldineah-sue.com\">Geraldine Ah-Sue<\/a>, Audio Producer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\">Alice Wong<\/a>, Writer, Producer, Interviewer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhoAmIToStopIt\">Cheryl Green<\/a>, Text Transcript<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kut2smooth\">Lateef McLeod<\/a>, Introduction<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeeMort\">Mike Mort<\/a>, Artwork<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Theme Music (used with permission of artist)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Song: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N02wZiX7jso\">\u201cDance Off\u201d<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artist: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wheelchairsportscamp.bandcamp.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wheelchair Sports Camp<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Music<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Blue_Dot_Sessions\/Lemuel\/Dirty_Wallpaper\">Dirty Wallpaper<\/a>\u201d by Blue Dot Sessions (Dirty Wallpaper by <a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Blue_Dot_Sessions\/\">Blue Dot Sessions<\/a> is licensed under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">Attribution-NonCommercial License<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Blue_Dot_Sessions\/Skittle\/The_Yards\">The Yards<\/a>\u201d by Blue Dot Sessions (The Yards by <a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Blue_Dot_Sessions\/\">Blue Dot Sessions<\/a> is licensed under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">Attribution-NonCommercial License<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h4><b>Sounds<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/Jack_Master\/sounds\/248096\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cVOCODER countdown\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Jack_Master. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/sheepfilms\/sounds\/153583\/#\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by sheepfilms. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/45_Ep_45_v2.mp3Podcast\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/45_Ep_45_v2.mp3Podcast<\/a>: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSToday\u2019s episode is about mental health and people of color. 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