This article examines the revision of theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual ofMental Disorders(DSM-5) and its claim of incorporating aBgreater cultural sensitivity.^The analysis reveals that the manual conveys mixed messages as it explicitly addresses thecritique of being ethnocentric and having a static notion of culture yet continues in a similarfashion when culture is applied in diagnostic criteria. The analysis also relates to current trendsin psychiatric nosology that emphasize neurobiology and decontextualize distress and points tohow the DSM-5 risks serving as an ethnic dividing line in psychiatry by making socioculturalcontext relevant only for some patients.