Abstract:
The American Psychological Association\'s resolutions on dismantling systemic racism represent a watershed moment in our discipline, yet confusion remains as to what it means to \"dismantle\" racism given psychology\'s emphasis on changing individual beliefs. This submission will review the tension between \"idealist\" interpretations of critical race theory emphasizing individual beliefs and \"realist\" perspectives contextualizing racism within political economic arrangements. Psychology\'s adoption of an \"idealist\" framework will be shown to privilege a neoliberal project emphasizing individual change and symbolic performances of racial justice instead of structural changes benefitting people of color\'s material existence. Drawing on a decolonial critique of racial capitalism, we propose an alternative framework to challenge our discipline to broaden its political imagination by supporting evidence-based policies to dismantle racism as a structural and political force. This includes universal policies to reduce racial and economic inequality and population-specific policies such as reparations for African Americans predicted to stimulate economic growth. Urgently, the decolonial lens challenges psychology to theorize racism not as a primarily individual phenomenon but a political force that divides and conquers while enriching white economic elites. To fulfill the promises of the American Psychological Association\'s resolutions, we must directly challenge the political economic interests that benefit from racism and contribute to the common good as a form of \"loving care.\" (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
摘要:
美国心理学会关于消除系统性种族主义的决议代表了我们学科的分水岭,然而,考虑到心理学强调改变个人信仰,“拆除”种族主义意味着什么仍然令人困惑。本文将回顾对强调个人信仰的批判性种族理论的“理想主义”解释与在政治经济安排中将种族主义作为背景的“现实主义”观点之间的紧张关系。心理学采用“理想主义者”框架将被证明是一个新自由主义项目的特权,该项目强调种族正义的个人变化和象征性表现,而不是结构变化,使人们受益于有色人种的物质存在。借鉴对种族资本主义的非殖民化批判,我们提出了一个替代框架来挑战我们的纪律,通过支持基于证据的政策来扩大其政治想象力,以消除种族主义作为一种结构和政治力量。这包括减少种族和经济不平等的普遍政策,以及针对特定人群的政策,例如对预计会刺激经济增长的非裔美国人的赔偿。紧急,非殖民化的镜头挑战心理学,将种族主义理论化,而不是主要的个人现象,而是一种政治力量,在丰富白人经济精英的同时分裂和征服。为了履行美国心理学会决议的承诺,我们必须直接挑战受益于种族主义的政治经济利益,并作为一种“关爱”的形式为共同利益做出贡献。\“(PsycInfo数据库记录(c)2024APA,保留所有权利)。