The Black Panther Party's opposition to the center was based on the problems with psychosurgery highlighted in articles in the Black Panther including the potential for abuse among marginalized populations and the problems with biologization of violence.

Black Panther Party Opposition to the Center 

Schalk hones in on how the article specifically emphasizes "hospital administrators" along with prison wardens as individuals who wield the weapon of psychosurgery as an example of how the Black Panther isn't just highlighting psychosurgery as a genocidal tool, but in particular the BPP is aware of the dynamics of racism, classism, and ableism, present in psychiatric treatment and how these dynamics lead to abuse of multiple marginalized groups.

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The article was split into two parts, first a description of what psychosurgery is and its past use on animal and human subjects. The second portion of the article consists of how more contemporary uses of psychosurgery in the 1970s had been used against Black and other marginalized populations, especially those engaged in revolutionary action. 

Structure of "Tearing Out Our Thoughts: Psychosurgery and the Black Community"

Schalk, Sami. Black Disability Politics, New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478027003

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