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Racism is driving us mad
BAME people can’t access mental health services as easily as their white counterparts – and why, when they do get support, they have lower recovery rates
By
Samara Linton
14 December 2020
This is an article from the second issue of the New Economics Zine. You can read the full issue here
Newham has one of the most ethnically diverse boroughs in the country. It also has some of the highest rates of poverty and homelessness. And it was there I used to work on a mental health ward. In the course of my job I wrote countless letters to housing support services, worried about