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Surviving While Black: Systemic Racism and Psychological Resilience
1Center for the Study of Diversity and Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA;
Annual Review of Psychology
|January 18, 2023
Summary
This essay explores the author's journey examining racism, integrating personal experiences with psychological analysis of systemic racism. It highlights resilience mechanisms and diversity science for understanding human relations.
Area of Science:
- Cultural psychology
- Social psychology
- Diversity science
Background:
- Personal journey from grandson of a slave to a cultural psychologist.
- Academic career focused on the examination of prejudice and racism.
- Integration of personal experiences with analytical approaches to racism.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine racism through a personal and analytical lens.
- To explore the interplay of individual, institutional, and cultural factors in systemic racism.
- To investigate mechanisms of resilience and psychological well-being in Black individuals facing racism.
- To understand diversity as a psychological and behavioral competence.
Main Methods:
- Autobiographical narrative.
- Analytical approach incorporating individual, institutional, and cultural factors.
- Exploration of resilience and well-being mechanisms.
- Examination of diversity as a competence.
Main Results:
- Systemic racism is explained by the combination of individual, institutional, and cultural factors.
- Mechanisms conferring resilience and psychological well-being enable Black individuals to navigate systemic racism.
- Diversity is presented as a crucial competence for effective living in a diverse world.
Conclusions:
- Advancement of diversity science is essential for a better understanding and addressing of human relations, racism, and resilience.
- The author's personal journey informs a comprehensive analysis of racism and psychological well-being.
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