Antiracist Psychology to Advance Equitable Public Policy

IF 3.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Review of General Psychology Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI:10.1177/10892680241256124

The Dangerous Opportunity Policy Team

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Abstract

The discipline of psychology, with its roots in scientific racism, has been complicit with the enactment of racist policies that have significantly harmed the psychological well-being of many minoritized people in colonial societies. The American Psychological Association (APA) has acknowledged and apologized for this racist history and has committed to an antiracist path for the future to right the wrongs. As a part of Dangerous Opportunities special issue, we examine the antecedents to racism in psychology, the racist behaviors of psychology and the APA during its existence, and the harmful consequences contributed by racist policies supported or endorsed by psychologists. Additionally, we provide a listing of required changes we view as necessary for the discipline of psychology and the APA (as its primary professional organization) to enact to prepare the discipline and the Association for antiracist activities and to capably and responsibly support and advance antiracist policies outside of psychology in the public interests. Transformation of the discipline and its associations, institutions, and programs is necessary for psychology to remain locally and globally relevant in a culturally diverse and interdependent. Antiracist activities are essential for this transformation to occur. Key words: antiracism, colonialism, decolonization, psychology, policy.

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推进公平公共政策的反种族主义心理学

心理学学科植根于科学种族主义，与种族主义政策的颁布同流合污，严重损害了殖民社会中许多少数群体的心理健康。美国心理学会（APA）已经承认并为这段种族主义历史道歉，并承诺在未来走一条反种族主义的道路，以纠正错误。作为 "危险的机遇 "特刊的一部分，我们研究了心理学中种族主义的前因后果、心理学和美国心理学会在其存在期间的种族主义行为，以及由心理学家支持或认可的种族主义政策所造成的有害后果。此外，我们还列出了我们认为心理学学科和美国心理学会（作为其主要的专业组织）必须进行的改革，以便让学科和协会为反种族主义活动做好准备，并为了公众利益，有能力、负责任地支持和推进心理学之外的反种族主义政策。学科及其协会、机构和项目的转型对于心理学在文化多元化和相互依存的环境中保持本地和全球相关性是非常必要的。反种族主义活动对于实现这一转变至关重要。关键词：反种族主义、殖民主义、非殖民化、心理学、政策。

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Review of General Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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7.60

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4.80%

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期刊介绍： Review of General Psychology seeks to publish innovative theoretical, conceptual, or methodological articles that cross-cut the traditional subdisciplines of psychology. The journal contains articles that advance theory, evaluate and integrate research literatures, provide a new historical analysis, or discuss new methodological developments in psychology as a whole. Review of General Psychology is especially interested in articles that bridge gaps between subdisciplines in psychology as well as related fields or that focus on topics that transcend traditional subdisciplinary boundaries.