Using this website (https://www.nami.org/Your-Journey/Identity-and-Cultural-Dime

Using this website (https://www.nami.org/Your-Journey/Identity-and-Cultural-Dimensions/Black-African-American) as the most main source, the essay will be about how me as a black male in America is dealing with the recent (11 months ago) diagnosis of bipolar and the stigma of mental health in the black community.
Research Prompt:
You are expected to write a 5-8+ page, double spaced research paper in MLA style with a “Works Cited” page, on a research topic that supports or gives background history to your specific intersection with history.
This paper must be supported by at least 8 credible sources.
Every source you’ve used must be listed in the “Works Cited,” even if it was used for background research and not directly quoted.
For example, if your narrative focuses on some sort of specific abuse and you want to focus on how to help survivors of abuse, your research and presentation of that research should focus on that specific aspect (you’d look up how often abuse happens, what can lead to it, and how folks can find or struggle to find support).
Your research paper must:
Have a clear and specific thesis that lays out what the paper will prove and what order it will be proved in. In other words, your thesis is laying out your argument and your paper must match the order laid out in the thesis.
Your thesis will likely be a long sentence and often a list style of sentence. Make sure that you’re revising your thesis as you revise your paper.
Your thesis must reflect what you’re trying to prove in your paper, but also how and why you are proving it.
Include an outline with a number for each paragraph that lays out the following in complete sentences: 1) The thesis, 2) Topic sentences for each paragraph, followed by noting what specific evidence will go in each body paragraph, and d) More specific statement of
argument in the conclusion.
Be organized into paragraphs that begin with a topic sentence that lays out what the paragraph will be about or prove.
NOTE: All paragraphs must begin with a topic sentence. Do not begin a paragraph with quotes or paraphrases from your research.
Effectively use evidence by introducing the source, including the quote or paraphrase, and then explaining the quote/paraphrase in your own words, often including how this data supports the argument you make in the paper.