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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wood, N. (2020). Racism in clinical psychology within the heart of the old empire. South African Journal of Psychology, 50, 446 – 449. https://doi.org/10.1177/0081246320968233 Abstract It has taken the worldwide protests in June, against the brutal murder of George Floyd, to finally persuade the British Psychological Society (BPS) to admit itsContinue Reading

Howitt, D., & Owusu-Bempah, J. (1994). The Racism of Psychology: Time for Change. Harvester Wheatsheaf. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.32106016331750 Abstract The nature of racism the liberal tradition in the psychology of racism fascism and racist psychology racism of the middle ground positivsm, value and the encouragement of racism professional organizations and racism EurocentrismContinue Reading