The Hidden Prejudice
Mental Disability on Trial
by Michael L. Perlin

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• Genres: law
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Format: hardcover, 329 pages
• Release date: January 1, 2000
• Author: Michael L. Perlin
• ISBN: 9781557986160 (1557986169)
• Language: english

About The Book

In The Hidden Prejudice, Michael L. Perlin reveals a pattern of prejudice against mentally disabled individuals that keeps them from receiving equal treatment under the law. Sanism, like racism, is a prejudice against a minority population. This mostly hidden prejudice against mentally ill people has pervaded Western culture throughout history and continues to affect our culture and legal system. Under the pretext of improving society, a judge, lawyer or fact-finder may rationalize turning a blind eye to faulty evidence and render a sanist decision. The pretext for this testimonial dishonesty is that the end result justifies the means. In cases involving the mentally disabled, these results are founded on the prejudicial belief that the mentally disabled are not responsible for or intelligent enough to deserve full rights of citizenship. Perlin argues that these sanist decisions, rationalized on pretextuality, are much more common than most of us are likely to realize.

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