Although things are changing within mental health communities, only a few mental health professionals have competent awareness of cultural and racial identity, let alone incorporate this awareness in clinical treatment. July is BIPOC Mental Health Month, a month that recognizes the mental health experiences and struggles unique to Black, Indigenous, and people of color in North America. A widely known reason why it is more challenging for BIPOC to access mental health services is racial poverty. Although things are changing within mental health communities, only a few mental health professionals have competent awareness of cultural and racial identity, let alone incorporate this awareness in clinical treatment. Their research shows that even though mental health institutions have become more humane compared with the asylums and psychiatric wards of the 1800s, the emphasis of confinement over care continues within mental health settings today.