Not so much a reason to understand the need to cure national psychoses, especially the ones caused by injustice everywhere domestic racism, international war-fighting, and a history of colonialism and imperialism that has effects on the nation not only in terms of governance, but in everyday life. This is a nation with generational stresses, brought on by the saddest of histories - the Greatest generation coming across the aftermath of the Holocaust, the stress of drafts and deferments for a male population, and of course all subsequent crises -massacres, terrorist attacks, and the various political memes meant to raise stress in the name of political gain.
For example, while the removal of the Confederate battle flag has been a long time coming for certain government locations, the reaction and backlash of those committed racists will become even more intense, much like the exhibitionism of Open Carry protesting in non-Open Carry states doesn't make folks more safe as it does all for intimidation that often includes other memes like the Confederate battle flag as a matter of intimidation. And yet, we need to take a step back from all the signs that would stress us and understand that by seeing them in perspective we can reach democratic pluralism, where attempts to display flags of hatred only induce widespread laughter as we move on to more important daily matters.
Can racism cause post-traumatic stress? That's one big question psychologists are trying to answer, particularly in the aftermath of the shooting at the historically black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., and the recent incidents involving police where race is a factor.
Dr. Dre's album Chronic 2001 features Eminem in a song titled "Forgot about Dre". At the end of the verse, Eminem says, "From here on out it's the Chronic 2, Startin today and tomorrow's the new, And I'm still loco enough, To choke you to death wit' a Charleston Chew."
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