Twenty years ago, the British Journal of Psychiatry published an editorial regarding racism and psychiatry. Three decades ago, the journal published a lecture by Professor Michael Sheperd about Kraepelin's contributions to racist degeneration theories. A century ago, Albert Einstein visited the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, where he was hosted by Juliano Moreira [1872–1933], one of the most distinguished Brazilian scientists of that time. The only son of a former enslaved woman, he is regarded as one of the founding fathers of scientific psychiatry in Brazil. Moreira may have been a case of ‘exceptional racism’, the strategy of praising outstanding people from oppressed groups as a way of denying or covering up processes of structural racism.

20 年前，《英国精神病学杂志》发表了一篇关于种族主义和精神病学的社论。三十年前，该杂志发表了迈克尔·谢珀德 （Michael Sheperd） 教授关于克莱佩林对种族主义堕落理论的贡献的讲座。一个世纪前，阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦访问了巴西科学院，当时最杰出的巴西科学家之一朱利亚诺·莫雷拉（Juliano Moreira，1872-1933 年）接待了他。他是一位前奴隶妇女的独子，被认为是巴西科学精神病学的奠基人之一。莫雷拉可能是“特殊种族主义”的一个例子，这种赞美来自受压迫群体的杰出人士的策略是否认或掩盖结构性种族主义进程的一种方式。