Social psychological research on racism and the importance of historical context: Implications for policy
Trawalter, S., Higginbotham, G. D., & Henderson, K. (2022). Social psychological research on racism and the importance of historical context: Implications for policy. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 31(6), 493–499. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214221114092 Abstract Psychology is the study of the mind, how it works, and how it affects behavior. In the context of intergroupContinue Reading
Race, Racism, and Discrimination: Bridging Problems, Methods, and Theory in Social Psychological Research
Bobo, L. D., & Fox, C. (2003). Race, Racism, and Discrimination: Bridging Problems, Methods, and Theory in Social Psychological Research. Social Psychology Quarterly, 66(4), 319–332. https://doi.org/10.2307/1519832 Abstract The basic social processes invoked by the terms race, racism, and discrimination are quintessentially social psychological phenomena. These concepts concern the meanings of social groupingsContinue Reading
Defining difference: Race and racism in the history of psychology
Winston, A. S. (Ed.). (2004). Defining difference: Race and racism in the history of psychology. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/10625-000 Abstract This is the first book to bring together recent scholarship on the history of psychology and race. Throughout the history of the field, psychological discourse has been shaped by social concerns, and itsContinue Reading
Towards a critical social psychology of racism: Points of disruption
Howarth, C., & Hook, D. (2005). Towards a critical social psychology of racism: Points of disruption [Editorial]. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 15(6), 425–431. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.840 Abstract One of the questions that the papers here as a whole invite is what is or what should be the point of a criticalContinue Reading
Racism: Processes of detachment, dehumanization and hatred
Dalal, F. (2006). Racism: Processes of detachment, dehumanization and hatred. In K. White (Ed.), Unmasking race, culture, and attachment in the psychoanalytic space: Why do we see? What do we think? What do we feel? (pp. 10–35). Karnac Books. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2006-08262-003 Abstract This chapter is an in-depth introduction to the complexity ofContinue Reading
Racists or Tolerant Multiculturalists? How Do They Begin?
Katz, P. A. (2003). Racists or Tolerant Multiculturalists? How Do They Begin? American Psychologist, 58(11), 897–909. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.58.11.897b Abstract The author discusses how negative racial attitudes originate. First, she looks globally at how various theories have attempted to explain the origins of racism. Second, she reviews some research on this topic that sheContinue Reading
Internal Racism: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Race and Difference
Britton, R. (2017). Internal Racism: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Race and Difference. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 98(2), 543–545. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-8315.12299 Abstract This book is a carefully crafted survey of psychological theories and social behaviour whilst at the same time being a bold, creative attempt to bring psychoanalytic understanding to bear on well-observedContinue Reading
Beyond ‘old’ and ‘new’: For a social psychology of racism
Pehrson, S., & Leach, C. W. (2012). Beyond ‘old’ and ‘new’: For a social psychology of racism. In J. Dixon & M. Levine (Eds.), Beyond prejudice: Extending the social psychology of conflict, inequality and social change (pp. 120–138). Cambridge University Press. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2012-08867-006 Abstract The notion of modern racism expands the conceptualization ofContinue Reading
On addressing ‘Whiteness’ during clinical psychology training
Wood N, Patel N. On addressing ‘Whiteness’ during clinical psychology training. South African Journal of Psychology. 2017;47(3), 280-291. https://doi.org/10.1177/0081246317722099 Abstract In discussing ‘Whiteness’, a context is provided as to current issues facing British clinical psychology, with an overview of the history of clinical psychology in the United Kingdom, and a particularContinue Reading