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Interrogating Whiteness In Community Research And Action, Brett Russell Coleman, Charles R. Collins, Courtnay M. Bonam
Interrogating Whiteness In Community Research And Action, Brett Russell Coleman, Charles R. Collins, Courtnay M. Bonam
Woodring Scholarship on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Community psychology is expressly concerned with social justice. Such concern necessitates attention to race. Yet, nearly absent from the field’s literature is explicit and critical attention to whiteness. Thus, community psychology’s contribution to promoting social justice remains incomplete. In this article, we examine how a critical construction of whiteness can be useful for community research and action. After a brief history of the construction of whiteness in the United States, and a summary of key insights from critical whiteness studies, we present a scoping review of the nascent body of community psychology literature that addresses whiteness. That work implicates whiteness …
Ignoring History, Denying Racism: Mounting Evidence For The Marley Hypothesis And Epistemologies Of Ignorance, Courtney M. Bonam, Vinoadharen Nair Das, Brett R. Coleman Western Washington University, Phia Salter
Ignoring History, Denying Racism: Mounting Evidence For The Marley Hypothesis And Epistemologies Of Ignorance, Courtney M. Bonam, Vinoadharen Nair Das, Brett R. Coleman Western Washington University, Phia Salter
Woodring Scholarship on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
In demonstration of the Marley hypothesis, Nelson, Adams, and Salter showed that differences in critical historical knowledge (i.e., knowledge of past racism) and motivation to protect group esteem predicted present-day racism perceptions among Whites and Blacks attending different, racially homogenous universities. The present Study 1 conceptually replicates these findings among Whites and Blacks attending the same racially diverse university. Consistent with previous findings, Whites (vs. Blacks) displayed less critical historical knowledge, explaining their greater denial of systemic racism. Moreover, stronger racial identity among Whites predicted greater systemic racism denial. A brief Study 2 intervention boosts Whites’ racism perceptions. People who …