“White people are out of their minds and they have been for a long time.” (Time stamp: 17:06) Like I did the world a fucking favor.” (Time stamp: 7:17) “I had fantasies of unloading a revolver into the head of any white person that got in my way, burying their body, and wiping my bloody hands as I walked away relatively guiltless with a bounce in my step. White people make my blood boil.” (Time stamp: 6:45) The cost of your own life, as they suck you dry. “This is the cost of talking to white people at all. The talk, called “The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind,” was delivered at the Yale School of Medicine’s Child Study Center by a New York-based psychiatrist as part of Grand Rounds, an ongoing program in which clinicians and others in the field lecture students and faculty.
The lecture is one of the most racist things I have ever heard. A psychiatrist lecturing at Yale’s Child Study Center spoke about ‘unloading a revolver into the head of any white person that got in my way.’īari Weiss and Katie Herzog reported about a lecture given at Yale’s Child Study Center which we are summarizing here. If anyone is a psychopath, it’s her, not all white people. This woman is distorting our history and she is a vile racist. We are the only ones who fought a Civil War to destroy the institution. School leaders also added a disclaimer to the video to “emphasize that the ideas expressed by the speaker conflict with the core values of Yale School of Medicine,” the statement said.Editor’s Note: Before reading this, it is important to note that The United States was the first country to put the abolishment of slavery into the Constitution. Ultimately, school leaders decided to limit access to the video to those who could have attended the talk: members of the Yale community. “In deciding whether to post the video, we weighed our grave concern about the extreme hostility, imagery of violence, and profanity expressed by the speaker against our commitment to freedom of expression,” the statement said.
The Yale School of Medicine said in its statement that after Khilanani’s talk, several faculty members had expressed concern about her remarks.īased on those concerns, leaders at the School of Medicine, in consultation with the chairwoman of the Child Study Center, reviewed a recording of the talk and “found the tone and content antithetical to the values of the school,” the statement said.īecause Grand Rounds are typically posted online, the statement said, school leaders then reviewed a university report on free expression at Yale in deciding how to handle Khilanani’s lecture. Weiss also posted an interview with Khilanani by journalist Katie Herzog.
Weiss released the recording of Khilanani’s remarks at a time when many universities are debating teaching about race and racism and the limits of free speech. Her website says she has expertise in “seeing both the conscious and unconscious structures of racism/sexism/homophobia/classism” that allows for a safe environment when treating people from marginalized groups.
Khilanani received her New York state medical license in 2008. One woman who identified herself as a Yale psychologist called it “absolutely brilliant.” A man said, “I feel very shook in a good way,” and a Black woman thanked Khilanani for giving “voice to us as people of color and what we go through all the time.” After she gave it, several attendees praised her comments on the online feed. Khilanani noted that her lecture had initially been well received. Because if you don’t, it will turn into a violent action.” She added: “My speaking metaphorically about my own anger was a method for people to reflect on negative feelings.