Past Racism in the University of Michigan Clinical Psychology Program

Part I. A personal account of a woman who is black and indignant but who can't be pegged as #AngryBlackWoman

Jacquie Matte’s poignant narrative is best understood in the context of my last Substack article.

Background

The March 21 article is a mashup of an account of the systematic mistreatment of minority and LGBT students in the University of Michigan Clinical Psychology Program and an account of my father’s alleged involvement in the Mob. A U of M psychiatrist, Elizabeth Young, drew the connection. She was in the process of creating hateful material for anti-psychiatrist David Healy, who was passing around information to be available to anyone wanting to discredit me. Elizabeth furnished a warped account of my father’s alleged involvement in the Philly Mob. In return, Healy provided information alleging that I am a major player in Pharma’s influence on psychiatry. As Healy calls such persons, I was a big-time Key Opinion Leader, a KoL.

What a nice couple, Elizabeth Young and David Healy make, at least for a brief fling.

I could not fathom how angry Elizabeth was about my small but strategic r…