Dr. Schlesinger is a good example of the average MFT in the state of California. According to The Therapist Magazine that is published by The California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists, most MFTs in the state of California are White females. There is a reason for this. Why is this field dominated with White Females? Is it because they discriminate against Black Americans and especially Black American males?
How come the main stream media did not interview and publish what Black American male Psychologists and MFTs have to say about this issue? Why is it that this has been just forgotten real quick in the media? Since this time Dr. Schlesinger has not lost a pay check, been censored on her radio show nor has she received any disciplinary actions by any Psychological board. In the show that caused all of the media exposure, Dr. Schlesinger is asking why do these Black Rappers say "Nigger" all the time?
Please allow me to answer some of these questions. Most Whites do not know very much of what is left of Black American culture. The word that you are hearing on the radio and from other Blacks talking is "Nigga ." There is a subtle difference but among Blacks this is accepted. I do not advocate that Blacks us this term openly in public but there is a reason that we refer to each other as "Niggas" in an informal setting. The reason is that in 2011 Black Americans are still the recipient of the "Nigger" treatment in this country. The "Nigger" treatment is more damaging mentally and physically for Black Americans and should hold more criminal and civil liability! They act like saying the "N" word is so appalling but they do not make any objections to the "Nigger" treatment. This is especially true in employment for Black Americans. When we go to the D.F.E.H. or the E.E.O.C. and file a complaint that we are receiving the "Nigger" treatment the first thing they ask you is "did they call you a Nigger." If you say no but they are treating me like a "Nigger" they will say that you do not have a case!
THE NIGGER TREATMENT IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD
The mental health field is racist against Black Americans! This is very obvious in the MFT profession here in California. This does not get much attention from the California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (CAMFT) and when Black American male therapists file complains to CAMFT or the BBS about racist discrimination against Black Americans, they will most likely not take any disciplinary actions or even investigate. All they seem to care about is sex with clients or drug abuse. Illegal discrimination in employment against Black Americans or Intern abuse against Black Americans and especially against Black American males is treated like it is perfectly legal!
When the story about Dr. Schlesinger's use of the "N" word on her radio show came out, I saw two so-called civil rights activists being interviewed by Channel 7 in Leimert Park. They were acting like they were trying to decided if her use of the "N" word was an express racist remark on Black Americans. One of these so-called activists is Earl Hutchinson. He would not let me speak even though he knows that I am an MFT Intern. I was trying to ask what is worse, the "N" word or being the recipient of the "Nigger" treatment?
The issue is not just the use of the "N" word it is the "N" word treatment. "Sticks and Stones." When we see that in 2011 Black Americans are being wiped out of the mental health field, this is the Nigger treatment! When we see that just about all of the Black Americans have been wiped out of the City of Bell and with all of the media exposure about the corrupt Hispanic politicians that "raped" that city, no criminal charges have been filed for the "Ethnic Cleansing of Black Americans" has even been mentioned by Network TV!! This is the Nigger treatment!
The MFT profession is generally racist against Black American males in California. It also gives preferential treatment to Hispanics over Black Americans in the state of California. The Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) that governs the profession, has allowed Mental Health Agencies that provide Mental Health services to the public and that receive funding through Los Angeles County, as well as private practitioners, to eliminate Black Americans and especially Black American Males from the profession by illegal discrimination in employment practices, especially at the intern level! This has almost wiped Black Americans out of the profession in Los Angeles County! This is evidenced in the July 2010 California Association of Marriage and Family Therapist (CAMFT) “Practice and Demographic Survey results”. This survey reports that Black Americans make up a little over 1% of MFTs in the state of California! This bias against Black Americans was demonstrated in the 2010 Mental Health Loan Assumption Program awards that were given to mostly Hispanic applicants. I did apply for this program in 2010 and was denied any award. Approximately 47% of the awards were given to Hispanics in contrast to about 3% for Black Americans! CAMFT is not addressing this in their publications or disciplinary actions. I have seen in my experience as an MFT Intern that the mental health family services agencies in Southern California are dominated by White females that hire mostly Hispanics. They will throw a Black Male MFT back into the streets at the drop of a hat! This includes Pacific Clinics, ENKI Youth and Family services, AMANACER and just about all of them in Los Angeles County. These female MFTs are dirty bitches and racist against Black Americans! They will even make up lies to falsely terminate a Black American Intern and not give him his hours. This happened to me a AMANACER Community Counseling Center on Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles. They have mostly Hispanic therapists working there that were not even born in this country. I did file a law suite against them and I won a settlement. I did complain to CAMFT and the BBS! Their answer to me was, we are not going to do anything about it or just something like, this is just Nigger employment violations and we are not going to do any thing about it!! This is the "Nigger" Treatment!!!!
I am going to demand that CAMFT form a Black American Association of MFTs to protect the rights of Black MFTs in California that are being wiped out of the profession!! LA CAMFT has the nerves to have its events in the Beverly Hills Country Club in Beverly Hills that only employs Hispanic illegal aliens to staff the facility and do the parking.
Ernest L. Moore
