Mental illness impact of discrimination | Living In Colour

One in five people are affected by mental health, according to the Canadian Mental Health Association and National Alliance on Mental Illness. But what happens when factors, such as racism or your ethnicity, impacts your mental health too? Host Farah Nasser speaks to four people of colour (POC), including Uppala Chandraesekera, Munira Abukar, Asante Haughton and David Lewis-Peart, on how race impacts a POC’s mental well-being. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/4352512/li... Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt #LivingInColour #LIC #GlobalNews #GlobalNewsOriginal #POC #Diversity #Equality #Race #YouTubeBlack