Race blindness is nothing new in medicine. It is this persistent idea that we form diagnoses for patients solely based on the presenting symptoms. But symptoms don't occur in isolation, they occur in conjunction with current day life, with political climates, with systemic issues. And oftentimes, system issues such as police brutality can lead to increased paranoia in Black males which is then read as "aggressive schizophrenia". This book is utterly brilliant and painstakingly etched out from archived medical records, medical advertisements, primary interviews and analysis. I loved every second of it. If I had a critique, it would be that Dr. Metzl doesn't go far enough. It is not only schizophrenia that has become racialized over time, but also diagnoses like "conduct disorder" or "antisocial personality disorder".