In traditional psychiatry often anger was classed at the time of Steiner's writing as irrational, neurotic, or an otherwise undesirable reaction. Radical Psychiatry as described by Steiner however viewed anger as a healthy first step in liberation and an appropriate reaction to oppression. Radical Psychiatry when on to frame violence as an appropriate response to the dismissal of anger. This framework aligns with the framing of Black anger by the BPP as justified and needing productive expression.