Community Psychology's abuse of empowerment to further a white supremacist agenda

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2023-04-19 DOI:10.1002/ajcp.12676

Nellie Tran

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Abstract

When White people are predominantly in power and the discipline has yet to grapple with its own involvement in oppressive and racist ideologies, the concept of empowerment has the potential of being misused, or worse, abused. This is my experience and observation within Community Psychology (CP). In this paper, I interrogate the history of CP, especially the interplay of colonized knowledge production practices and the concept of empowerment, and uncover the use and abuse of well-meaning community psychological principles by scholars and leaders without the critical racial awareness to apply them to communities to which they do not belong. Lastly, I offer a “slash and burn” approach to starting over.

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社区心理学滥用赋权来推进白人至上主义议程。

当白人占主导地位，而这门学科尚未解决自身卷入压迫性和种族主义意识形态的问题时，赋权的概念就有可能被误用，甚至被滥用。这就是我在社区心理学（CP）中的经验和观察。在本文中，我回顾了社区心理学的历史，尤其是殖民化知识生产实践与赋权概念之间的相互作用，并揭示了一些学者和领导者使用和滥用善意的社区心理学原则的情况，这些学者和领导者缺乏批判性的种族意识，无法将这些原则应用于他们不属于的社区。最后，我提出了一种 "刀耕火种 "的重新开始方法。

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American journal of community psychology Multiple-

CiteScore

6.30

自引率

9.70%

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期刊介绍： The American Journal of Community Psychology publishes original quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research; theoretical papers; empirical reviews; reports of innovative community programs or policies; and first person accounts of stakeholders involved in research, programs, or policy. The journal encourages submissions of innovative multi-level research and interventions, and encourages international submissions. The journal also encourages the submission of manuscripts concerned with underrepresented populations and issues of human diversity. The American Journal of Community Psychology publishes research, theory, and descriptions of innovative interventions on a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to: individual, family, peer, and community mental health, physical health, and substance use; risk and protective factors for health and well being; educational, legal, and work environment processes, policies, and opportunities; social ecological approaches, including the interplay of individual family, peer, institutional, neighborhood, and community processes; social welfare, social justice, and human rights; social problems and social change; program, system, and policy evaluations; and, understanding people within their social, cultural, economic, geographic, and historical contexts.