A once-segregated mental hospital tells the larger story of Black mental health in America

For most of its history, Crownsville state hospital was the only hospital in Maryland treating Black patients, but the conditions in Crownsville made it more likely patients would die there than go home. In Antonia Hylton’s new book “Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum,” she tells the story of Crownsville, and how race and science intertwined to dictate Black mental health in America.
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[@ReadMoreHistory-v9u]

Ali, I love your program. Thank you for centering diverse voices and always spotlighting banned books. As a writer and reader, this is a tremendously important topic. It’s also a troubling indicator of our culture. I look forward to reading Antonia’s book! Ordering today. ❤️

[@susiepoadster4642]

Very informative interview, I look forward to reading her book.

[@susiepoadster4642]

This falls straight in line with the push to label black boys as special need since they could never pass an SOL test

[@christinacollaco6012]

Beautiful!

[@drwho7545]

You can go back to the beginning of the country. Homeless discrimination berms goin on for what seems like ever. If only people understood how horrible mental patients have been and still are being discriminated against. It’s eye opening. If you don’t know your history, check into it.

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Another book to be banned by Republican derniers.😢

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*deniers*

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Blame Ronald Reagan for closing the asylums, which released all the liberals.

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@@BKT42 I first worked in a mental health hospital in 1968. You are clueless.

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When I was in school a very long time ago in Dade County, Florida, neighborhoods were mostly segregated, by tradition rather than by law. Pupils mostly went to the school closest to their homes. In colleges, there was more mixing of races, and students kept their opinions to themselves.

[@teamginger9134]

We still mix races, only black and brown people can have an opinion now. Yellow and white gotta shut up, functional brain cells are an unfair advantage.

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"Tradition"? How naive are you? That wasn't tradition. Neighborhoods were mostly segregated because of racism and not wanting to rent or sell homes to those of a different color, fearing it would decrease the property value of their home and neighborhoods. "Kept their opinions to themselves." OMG! What a lovely little bubble you lived in a very long time ago in Dade County, FL.

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Take a DNA test, I'll bet your mixed with all kinds too

[@GaryHurd]

I bought my copy of Ms. Hylton’s new book last week. I have not managed to read more than a few pages.

[@steviec1156]

Is that because you can't read and comprehend?

[@myndgodandpsyche]

LeBron can't

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@@steviec1156 No. Over 50 years of professional experience.

[@GaryHurd]

@@steviec1156 No. My 50+ years of experience from psyc tec to professor.

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If you vote Blue, you deserve to live in a predominantly black inner-city urban community.

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Victim, victim always a victim. Blame tRump

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TDS is REAL

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Jim Crow😂 Let’s relive it so we can make sure it’s not misinformation

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I am forced to hire based on color not expertise

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Taught then how to work, horrible.

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