During the 1970–1971 academic year, scholars, researchers, and activists gathered at Syracuse University to discuss the problems of racism and mental health against a backdrop of police brutality and political protest. Black and White experts discussed the problems of individual and structural racism, the effects of racism on the mental health of children, the tension between assimilation and integration, the need to reform the American Psychiatric Association and the National Institute of Mental Health regarding race issues, and the complex issue of white supremacy. Many of the discussions from fifty years before remain highly relevant as the same problems remain. This paper examines the context and content of the Syracuse conference with some reflection on what changed—and what did not. While leaders within the mental health establishment expressed intentions to address racism, shifts in methods and priorities for mental health care left intact or exacerbated many of the issues addressed a half century ago.

在 1970-1971 学年，学者、研究人员和活动家聚集在雪城大学，在警察暴行和政治抗议的背景下讨论种族主义和心理健康问题。黑人和白人专家讨论了个人和结构性种族主义问题、种族主义对儿童心理健康的影响、同化和融合之间的紧张关系、改革美国精神病学协会和国家心理健康研究所关于种族问题的必要性、以及白人至上的复杂问题。五十年前的许多讨论仍然高度相关，因为同样的问题仍然存在。本文考察了锡拉丘兹会议的背景和内容，并反思了哪些变化——哪些没有。