Now comes a new socially significant video from Maryland rapper Logic. The name of the song is “1-800-273-8255” — the number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The song is enjoying serious radio play and is currently No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The plight of the mentally ill is not unlike that of the gay population. Like any minority group, sometimes we feel like we are second-class citizens. Like any minority group, sometimes the mentally ill feel like they are second-class citizens. Gays and lesbians for the most part used to feel misunderstood. Ostracized. Stigmatized. In some parts of the country and in certain circles, they still do. But for those of us with bipolar and other mental illnesses, we are also stigmatized to the extreme.
