From The Week Newsletter:
A Portland lawyer said a man charged with beating his 2-year-old son suffered from “post-traumatic slave syndrome,” and was compelled to whip the boy because his own ancestors were beaten by slave masters. The defense will probably not be allowed unless it’s recognized by the psychiatric establishment, which is unlikely. “We have enough trouble with people saying we are trying to make everybody mentally ill,” said psychiatrist William Narrow, “without trying to include something like this.”