Yu tu go don si di wod ‘BIPOC’ wen yu de surf intanet and soshal midia. Yu go dɔn si am ɛn de wɔnda wetin na dis nyu wɔd. Infakt, dis na wɔd we pipul dɛn dɔn tɔk bɔt bɔku tɛm dis biɛn tɛm, mɔ na di Wɛstinian kɔntri dɛn. Bɔt di aidia, di kɔnsɛpt biɛn da wɔd de, rili impɔtant fɔ wi Sri Lanka, mɔ we wi de tɔk bɔt di mental wɛlbɔdi fɔ wi pipul dɛn. So tide, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis rili simpul ɛn fayn fayn wan.
Fɔs, wetin na BIPOC?
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, BIPOC na tri Inglish wɔd dɛn we dɛn jɔyn.
- B - Blak wan
- I - Indigenous (indigenous pipul dɛm na wan patikyula kɔntri) .
- POC - Pipul dɛn we gɛt Kɔlɔ (ɔl di ɔda rays dɛn we nɔto wayt)
Dɛn bigin fɔ yuz dis wɔd na kɔntri dɛn lɛk Amɛrika fɔ ɛksplen se nɔto ɔl pipul dɛn we nɔto wayt pipul dɛn de sɔfa di sem we. Dɛn mek di wɔd fɔ tɔk spɛshal wan bɔt di pen ɛn spɛshal prɔblɛm dɛn we blak ɛn indijinos pipul dɛn de gɛt ɔlsay na di wɔl, mɔ di wan dɛn we dɔn gɛt bad bad ɛkspiriɛns lɛk slev wok ɛn kil kil pipul dɛn.
Di wɔd "Pipul dɛn we gɛt Kɔlɔ" (POC) bin de yuz fɔ lump ɔl pipul dɛn we nɔto wayt insay wan kategori. Bɔt di wɔd BIPOC de gi spɛshal prɔminɛns to di ɛkspiriɛns dɛn we Blak ɛn Indijɔns kɔmyuniti dɛn gɛt, we istri ɛn strɔkchɔral wan dɛn dɔn ɔpreshɔn pas dɛn ɔl.
Okay, nau yu go probabli de tink, if dis na somtin we de aplay to Amerika, wetin mek i go aplay to wi? Na de di impɔtant tin de.
Aw dis kɔnsɛpt impɔtant fɔ Sri Lanka?
Pan ɔl we notin nɔ de we dɛn kɔl blak ɔ indijinos na wi kɔntri lɛk Amɛrika, wi sosayti nɔto ples usay pipul dɛn we gɛt di sem kayn pipul dɛn de liv togɛda. Sri Lanka na wan kɔntri we gɛt difrɛn difrɛn kɔlɔ usay pipul dɛn we gɛt difrɛn kɔlɔ, rilijɔn, kɔlchɔ, ɛn soshal ikɔnomik lɛvul de liv.
Di men aidia bihayn di BIPOC kɔnsɛpt na dat nɔto ɔl grup dɛn na sosayti de ɛkspiriɛns di sem tin . Nɔto ɔlman gɛt di sem chans fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi, fɔ lan buk, ɛn fɔ gɛt wok. Dis kin apin to mental wɛlbɔdi bak.
Tink bɔt am dis we...
- Sɔmbɔdi we de na Kɔlɔmbɔ ɛn we gɛt gud ikɔmi gɛt di sem chans fɔ gɛt dɔktɔ ɛn advays we dɛn gɛt mental wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm lɛk pɔsin we de na plantɛshɔn eria ɛn we de tɔk Tamil nɔmɔ?
- Yu tink se di we aw pɔsin na wan vilej na di nɔt, we wɔ dɔn pwɛl fɔ 30 ia ɛn we dɛn lɔs di wan dɛn we dɛn lɛk, in maynd, na di sem we aw pɔsin na di sawt, we nɔ gɛt da kayn ɛkspiriɛns de?
- Aw mɔ prɛshɔn pɔsin we nɔ de fɛn tritmɛnt bikɔs i de fred se dɛn go stigmatayz am ɛn kɔl am "krayzi" we i de tɔk bɔt maynd sik na vilej de gɛt pas pɔsin we de na di siti?
Dɛn kwɛstyɔn ya nɔmɔ de sho se ivin na wi kɔntri , usay wi de, langwej, ikɔnomi lɛvɛl, edyukeshɔn, ɛn istri ɛkspiriɛnsAw bɔrku pɔrsin in maynd wɛl bɔdi ɛn ebul fɔ gɛt ɛp fɔ am kin difrɛn difrɛn wan pan tin dɛm lɛk dat. Di BIPOC kɔnsɛpt de tich wi fɔ ɔndastand da difrɛns de.
Spɛshal chalenj dɛm we de afɛkt di mental wɛlbɔdi na difrɛn kɔmyuniti dɛm
Stɔdi dɛn we dɛn dɔn du na kɔntri dɛn lɛk Amɛrika sho se pan ɔl we pipul dɛn we nɔ bɔku nɔ kin gɛt maynd sik, we dɛn gɛt am, dɛn kin gɛt mɔ sik ɛn dɛn kin de fɔ lɔng tɛm . Dis na bikɔs ɔf di ɔda prɛshɔn dɛn we dɛn kin gɛt. Dis stori na tin we kɔmɔn na wi kɔntri bak. Lɛ wi luk sɔm pan di prɔblɛm dɛn we difrɛn kɔmyuniti dɛn na wi kɔntri de gɛt.
| Wetin mit yu | Impekt pan Mental Ɛlth |
|---|---|
| Trauma we de apin na di istri | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), wɔri, ɛn pwɛl hat kin bɔku na say dɛm wae dɔn gɛt wɔ, rɔsh, ɛn tsunami. Dis trauma kin pas frɔm wan jɛnɛreshɔn to ɔda jɛnɛreshɔn. |
| Di tin dɛn we de ambɔg di langwej | We yu nɔ ebul fɔ tɔk bɔt aw yu de fil ɛn aw yu de fil insay yu yon langwej, dat kin mek yu strɛs bad bad wan. If pɔsin we de tɔk Tamil ɔ Inglish nɔ ebul fɔ ɛksplen in prɔblɛm kɔrɛkt wan to di dɔktɔ na ɔspitul we de gi savis nɔmɔ insay Sinhala, dɛn nɔ go gɛt di kɔrɛkt tritmɛnt. |
| Soshal Stigma & Kɔlchɔ Biliv | Insay sɔm kɔmyuniti dɛn, pipul dɛn biliv tranga wan se pɔsin in maynd sik na sɔntin we pɔsin kin shem, wikɛd, ɔ bikɔs ɔf sɔm pawa we pas mɔtalman. Dis kin mek dɛn ayd di prɔblɛm ɔ dɛn kin yuz ɔda we dɛn pas fɔ go to dɔktɔ. |
| Di Ikɔnomi Hadship | Po na wan strɔng tin we kin afɛkt di maynd wɛlbɔdi dairekt wan. Pɔrsin wae de tray tranga wan fɔ gɛt tin fɔ it kin nɔr gɛt tɛm ɔr ebul fɔ tink bɔt mɛntɛl hεlth ɔr spɛn mɔni fɔ trit am. |
| I nɔ izi fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi savis | Mental wɛlbɔdi savis dɛn rili smɔl na rimot, rural ɛn plantɛshɔn eria dɛn. Spɛshal dɔktɔ ɛn advaysa dɛn de na siti dɛn nɔmɔ. Dis min se pipul dɛn na dɛn eria dɛn de fɔ travul bɔku kilomita fɔ go de, ɛn dis na big tin bak we de ambɔg dɛn. |
Wetin wi go du fɔ wan sosayti we de du tin tret ɛn we gɛt mɔ sɛns?
Fɔ no bɔt dɛn tin ya na di fɔs tin we yu fɔ du. Neks, tin dɛn de we wi kin du as wan pɔsin ɛn as sosayti.
- Lɛ wi lisin to ɔda pipul dɛn ɛkspiriɛns: We pɔsin we kɔmɔt na difrɛn say pas wi de sheb in prɔblɛm, lɛ wi tray fɔ ɔndastand am frɔm da pɔsin de, pas fɔ tink se, "Wetin na dat?" Fɔ sɔri fɔ ɔda pipul dɛn rili impɔtant.
- Lɛ wi tink bɔt wi yon prɛkɔnsɛpshɔn: Wi ɔl gɛt unconscious biases bɔt difrɛn grup dɛm fɔ pipul dɛm. Tin dɛm lɛk, "Pipul dɛm frɔm di ɔda kɔntri tan lɛk dis," "Pipul dɛm frɔm di ɔda rijyɔn tan lɛk dat." Lɛ wi chalenj dɛn tin ya ɛn lan fɔ si ɛnibɔdi as pɔsin.
- Lɛ wi no, lɛ wi tich: Lɛ wi rid ɛn lan bɔt di difrɛn kɔlchɔ dɛn na wi kɔntri ɛn di prɔblɛm dɛn we dɛn de gɛt. Lɛ wi sheb atikul dɛn lɛk dis wit ɔda pipul dɛn.
- Sɔpɔt: If yu si yu padi, neba, ɔr kɔleja wae de sɔfa wit pwɛl hat, ilɛk uskayn pipul dɛn kɔmɔt, na fɔ ɛp dɛn. At ɔl, fɔ lisin to wetin dɛn de wɔri bɔt na big tin. Ɛnkɔrej dɛn fɔ go to pɔsin we sabi du in wok if nid de.
- Lɛ wi aks fɔ chenj na di polisi lɛvɛl: Na wi wok as sitizin fɔ aks fɔ mek di ɔtoriti dɛn mek wan sistɛm na di kɔntri usay ɔlman go ebul fɔ gɛt mental wɛlbɔdi savis izi wan, insay in yon langwej, ɛn di we we go rɛspɛkt dɛn kɔlchɔ.
Nɔ fɔgɛt se, yu maynd wɛl bɔdi impɔtant jɔs lɛk aw yu bɔdi impɔtant. Jɔs lɛk aw yu kin go to dɔktɔ we yu gɛt fiva, yu nɔ kin shem fɔ go to dɔktɔ if yu de fil bad.
If yu ɔr pɔrsin wae yu sabi gɛt pwɛl hat sik, duya go to dɔktɔ ɔ advaysa wae sabi fɔ ɛp yu. Fɔ tɔk to yu famili dɔktɔ ɔ di dɔktɔ na di ɔspitul we de nia yu na fayn tin fɔ bigin.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- BIPOC na wɔd we dɛn kin yuz fɔ no di spɛshal ɔpreshɔn we di mayoniti grup dɛn de gɛt na di Wɛstɛn kɔntri dɛn, mɔ di blak pipul dɛn ɛn indijinos pipul dɛn.
- Dat kɔnsɛpt impɔtant fɔ wi kɔntri bak. Ivin na Sri Lanka, di prɔblɛm dɛn we pipul dɛn kin gɛt fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn dɛn maynd kin difrɛn difrɛn wan bay dɛn kɔlɔ, dɛn rilijɔn, dɛn langwej, dɛn ikɔnomi, ɛn usay dɛn de.
- Tin dɛm lɛk wɔ trauma, langwej barɛri, sɔshal stigma, ɛn po kin rili ambɔg di mental wɛlbɔdi fɔ sɔm kɔmyuniti dɛm na wi kɔntri.
- Fɔ ɔndastand dɛn difrɛns ya ɛn fɔ sɛnsitiv to dɛnsɛf na di fɔs tin fɔ bil wan wɛlbɔdi sistɛm ɛn sosayti we ikwal.
- If yu de fil bad, nɔ fred fɔ tɔk bɔt am. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ ɛn gɛt di sɔpɔt we yu nid.
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