Epistemological oppression and racism-Failure to see the forest from the trees: Reply to Mckay and Koppelman-White (2025) and Strambler (2025).

IF 12.3 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

American Psychologist Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI:10.1037/amp0001562

Derald Wing Sue,Helen A Neville,Laura Smith

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Abstract

The critiques of Sue et al. (see record 2025-04512-010) by McKay and Koppelman-White (see record 2026-59464-001) and Strambler (see record 2026-59464-002) are examples of being trapped by a White Western epistemology/ontology that prevents them from "seeing the forest from the trees." They cling to an unenlightened view of Enlightenment values, attribute racism in counseling and psychotherapy to reside primarily in individual therapists and not in systems of power and privilege, fail to consider the legitimacy of indigenous worldviews, and unknowingly engage in epistemological oppression. We argue that epistemological and definitional power oppresses, denigrates, and harms people of color. We assert that decolonizing psychology will result in liberation not only for people of color but also for the mental health professions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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认识论的压迫和种族主义——未能从树木中看到森林：对Mckay和Koppelman-White（2025）和Strambler（2025）的答复。

McKay和Koppelman-White（见记录2026-59464-001）以及Strambler（见记录2026-59464-002）对Sue等人（见记录2025-04512-010）的批评就是被白人西方认识论/本体论所困的例子，这种认识论/本体论阻止他们“从树木中看到森林”。他们坚持启蒙价值观的未开化观点，将咨询和心理治疗中的种族主义主要归因于个体治疗师，而不是权力和特权体系，未能考虑土著世界观的合法性，并在不知不觉中从事认识论压迫。我们认为，认识论和定义权力压迫、诋毁和伤害有色人种。我们认为，心理学的非殖民化不仅会给有色人种带来解放，也会给心理健康专业人员带来解放。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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American Psychologist PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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18.50

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1.20%

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145

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