Concerning last week’s headline, Panelists: Celebrating stoicism creates stigma around Black men seeking support, “prejudice” may have been a better word than “stigma.”
Between stigma or prejudice, which view one takes matters.
Stigma places the onus on the victim; prejudice places it on the perpetrator.
Harold A. Maio, retired mental health editor
Ft Myers, Florida
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