People telling me to seek therapy because I said I hate being racially discriminated against!

Well, the title basically tells it all. Yet my goal for writing this post isn't to b*tch about some online troll or try to win any sympathy. I believe that these comments coming from self-proclaimed open-minded and respectful people show that we need some more discussion about this topic in our society. And I know that we have been discussing this for centuries and discussion is becoming too tiring for people whose lives are affected by bigotry. But the fact that we have more diverse books, TV shows, movies, and even advertisements is proof that some of it is working.

Though I might be trying to reinvent the wheel here, I am willing to give it a try.

The discussion started when I talked about how I hate being racially discriminate against and was told publicly by someone that "it’s a very bad view point to feel that way" and "I encourage you to look for therapy to address this." I wish to emphasize on this person's choice to say "view point" and "feel that way" which implies that this is just a view point and a feeling and not a real issue.

A friend of that speaker tried in their own way to defuse the situation by explaining away the comment. I feel that it ended up becoming somewhat worse!

Yes! As the above image shows, this person tried to defend the other by saying, "that therapy can help with learning to cope with these negative feelings. Would the best solution be for those who are racist to be stopped? For everyone to fight to be anti-racist? Absolutely. But that's not necessarily within ones control, while the internal evaluation of one's negative feelings is."

The brilliant recommendation of the second speaker is that being upset about racism and facing racial discrimination is a "negative feeling", again implying that this isn't a real issue. And that people facing racism should go to therapy! Which reminds me how in the old times, women were accused of Hysteria (thought to be feminine malady) for daring to object mistreatment and dragged to Mental Asylums (which fun fact, is actually what we were talking about when the discussion veered into racism). 

This line of argument by the 2nd speaker also makes the mistake of making it the job of those who suffer from racial discrimination to "fix themselves" and toughen up so that this issue wouldn't bother them... Ah, the good old victim-blaming!

Anyway, I hope that at least some of those who read my rants here would find it comforting and maybe even, this would help someone see this issue in a better light. If my words help even one person in any way, going through all this trouble would be worth it.