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Originally Posted by Madam Butterfly
ME, from the article you posted, it seems as though the author is sayng that Black people lack the emtional intelligence to understand the concept of suicide, in the same way that an animal wouldn't kill itself as it is too ... not ure of the appropriate word but basically they don't know any better so they accept their situation.
What i got from that was that a white person, in the same position or treated in the same way as a Black person, would commit suicde rather than live like that. But Black people lack the emotional intelligence to think that way, like animals. Have to say, when it comes to issues of "race" and suicide i have never heard that perspective before. But then it is obvioulsy dated, ignorant and backward. It does however say alot for the notion that on some level white people (or at least the ones involved with the article) were aware of how badly Black folks were treatd if they themselves would commit suicide in the same predicament.
As far as Japanaese culture goes, do either of you think that suicide is seen as less taboo seeing as it is so relativley common (though, as you say soulrebel, the reason behind it could be taboo, ie a way to escape dishonour)
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Strikes me that rather than suicide being seen as the taboo, it would be the situation to which suicide was seen as a 'solution' that would be the taboo topic. I could figure that logic.
Can't imagine that a high suicide rate could be seen as an indication of a healthy culture these days, though, so in some ways the more able they are to discuss it, the better.