Grief American Style

There it is again, the bad penny that always turns up, we are distressed that some people grieve differently and longer than others. Almost like a ten year cycle cicada, this issue about pathologizing grief rises again, during COVID of course. This time, wearing black mourning for “too long” is cited as a marker of the disorder. And what of those Americans who come from communities where it is customary to wear black as a widow for all the days of your life. An entire culture diagnosed in one fell swoop.