白人≠欧洲人 (美国人):评论美国心理学会更新的包容性语言指南
Ursula Moffitt1, Linda P Juang2
1Department of Individual, Family, and Community Education, University of New Mexico.
The American psychologist
|October 10, 2024
概括
美国心理学会的指南错误地建议使用"白人"和"欧洲人"互换. 这篇评论认为,这些术语是不同的,并将它们混为一谈,掩盖了系统性种族主义,并抹去了有色人种的欧洲人.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
- 批判性种族理论 批判性种族理论
背景情况:
- 美国心理学会的包容性语言指南 (第二版). 建议在欧洲血统的人群中使用"白人"或"欧洲人 (国籍) ".
- 尽管对身份和种族的理解不断演变,但这一建议并未从以前的版本中更新.
研究的目的:
- 批评学术写作中"白人"和"欧洲人"或"欧洲裔美国人"的互换使用.
- 要强调这种语言实践如何掩盖系统种族主义和白人概念的影响.
- 挑战只有白人才能成为欧洲人的观念,从而掩盖了有色欧洲人的存在.
主要方法:
- 本研究是一篇评论,分析了在学术写作中特定语言选择的影响.
- 它批判性地检查了美国心理学会的包容性语言指南建议.
- 该分析侧重于混种族和种族/祖先术语的社会和政治后果.
主要成果:
- "白人"和"欧洲人" (或"欧洲裔美国人") 并不是同义词,不应该互换使用.
- 使用这些术语互换模糊了白人概念及其在系统种族主义中的作用.
- 这种融合抹去了有色人种欧洲人的存在和经验,使有害的等级制度永存.
结论:
- 研究人员和像美国心理学会这样的机构必须认识到语言在塑造社会现实中的力量.
- 采用精确的术语至关重要,以避免加剧不平等和他人.
- 学者们应该批判性地评估和修订语言准则,以促进准确和包容的代表性,特别是考虑到欧洲日益严重的种族主义.
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