Microtalk - Whaaat! PoC Don't Get Depression
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Argues that mental illness in South African Black and brown communities is widely dismissed as depression seen as "white people" problem and traces that denial to apartheid and the Group Areas Act, then shows how making and teaching games becomes a concrete intervention: using interactive narratives to validate experience, change norms and offer accountability for creators. Gives a concrete effect: a 19‑year‑old Black male student student cried for first time after course interactions, evidence that the work produces measurable emotional release and representation.
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