From book bans to affirmative action: DARVO as a political tool against Critical Race Theory.

IF 0.9 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Mika Handelman
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During the most recent wave of anti-racism movements in the U.S., Critical Race Theory has gained attention as a key mechanism to identify, deconstruct, and challenge dominant white American ideologies and their associated institutional practices. Given that Critical Race Theory threatens to unmask and destabilize centralized white racialized power in the United States, dominant white cultural and institutional backlash to attack, suppress, and invalidate anti-racist ideologies and practices has reached new levels. This article proposes that the American conservative right-wing uses a core rhetorical strategy known as Institutional DARVO to undermine anti-racism movements and Critical Race Theory. Institutional DARVO is a systems-level extension of DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) which identifies three specific patterns of abuse seen in intimate partner violence. This article will provide an analysis of the document issued by former President Donald J. Trump on September 22, 2020, "Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping," to illustrate the governmental-political use of Institutional DARVO in the backlash against Critical Race Theory. This Executive Order has influenced conservative political ideas and rhetoric that has fueled the growing surge of book bans, anti-DEI governmental practices and policies, anti-education legislation, and the recent supreme court decision to declare affirmative action unlawful. Identifying these core patterns and strategies used by primarily white conservative groups and institutions to challenge anti-racist movements is critically important in addressing both the realities and false narratives around race and inequity in the United States, as these narratives are impacting our current social, political, legal, and educational culture, practices, and policies.

从图书禁令到平权行动:DARVO 作为反对批判种族理论的政治工具。
在美国最近的反种族主义运动浪潮中,种族批判理论作为一种识别、解构和挑战美国白人主流意识形态及其相关制度实践的关键机制而备受关注。鉴于种族批判理论有可能揭露和颠覆美国白人种族集中化的权力,白人主流文化和制度对反种族主义意识形态和实践的攻击、压制和否定达到了新的高度。本文提出,美国保守右翼使用一种被称为 "制度性 DARVO "的核心修辞策略来破坏反种族主义运动和批判种族理论。制度性 DARVO 是 DARVO(否认、攻击、反转受害者和犯罪者)在系统层面上的延伸,它指出了亲密伴侣暴力中的三种特定虐待模式。本文将对美国前总统唐纳德-J-特朗普于 2020 年 9 月 22 日发布的文件《打击种族和性别成见的行政命令》进行分析,以说明在批判种族理论的反击中,政府-政治部门对制度性 DARVO 的使用。这项行政命令影响了保守的政治观念和言论,助长了图书禁令、反种族和性别陈规定型观念的政府做法和政策、反教育立法以及最近最高法院宣布平权法案非法的裁决的日益激增。识别这些主要由白人保守派团体和机构用来挑战反种族主义运动的核心模式和策略,对于解决美国种族和不平等的现实和虚假叙事至关重要,因为这些叙事正在影响我们当前的社会、政治、法律和教育文化、实践和政策。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Communityis on the cutting edge of social action and change, not only covering current thought and developments, but also defining future directions in the field. Under the editorship of Joseph R. Ferrari since 1995, Prevention in Human Services was retitled as the Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Communityto reflect its focus of providing professionals with information on the leading, effective programs for community intervention and prevention of problems. Because of its intensive coverage of selected topics and the sheer length of each issue, the Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community is the first-and in many cases, primary-source of information for mental health and human services development.
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