https://rosaclemente.net/not-ready-to-die-but-wanting-to-die-depression-hip-hop-and-the-death-of-chris-lighty/ Journalist • Political Commentator • Scholar-Activist Tue, 30 Sep 2014 03:27:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://rosaclemente.net/not-ready-to-die-but-wanting-to-die-depression-hip-hop-and-the-death-of-chris-lighty/#comment-31 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 03:27:14 +0000 http://rosaclemente.net/?p=274#comment-31 Thank you for writing this piece and this quote is so right on! “Hip Hop and the larger community of Black and Brown, progressive, radical, social justice activists must figure out a way to begin a dialogue, to not just break the silence around depression, but to stop the shaming of those who suffer this disease. Often times I feel that if I had an ailment that was physical or one that people could actually see people that their hearts and minds would be more open to that disability then to my mental health disability. Today my silence stops. My shame ends. I am going to say the one thing you are never ever ever supposed to say; I wanted to die. Some of us reach this point…”

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