Social psychologists have long been interested in the perpetrators - historical, ideological, and individual - of racist beliefs and behaviors. But researchers have spent far less time investigating the experiences of the targets of racism.
What are the effects - every day and long-term, physical and psychological - for people targeted by racist acts and ideologies? And what can practitioners do to help individuals, institutions, and communities mitigate and overcome these effects?
In this book, leading scholars examine the felt experience of being the target of racism, with a focus on mental and physical health - as the result of particular racist encounters as well as across the lifespan - in addition to group contexts such as education and the workforce.
Authors examine the subtle but persistent links between everyday microaggressions and historical racial trauma, and offer practical tools to assess and measure perceived racial discrimination. They describe compelling new interventions for individuals and communities, and offer social policy prescriptions to promote healing and help dismantle institutional discrimination.
With its skillful synthesis of voices and approaches, this work should appeal to a broad range of scholars and practitioners in clinical psychology, as well as ethnic studies, sociology, and public and allied health.
Social psychologists have long been interested in the perpetrators - historical, ideological, and individual - of racist beliefs and behaviors. But researchers have spent far less time investigating the experiences of the targets of racism.
What are the effects - every day and long-term, physical and psychological - for people targeted by racist acts and ideologies? And what can practitioners do to help individuals, institutions, and communities mitigate and overcome these effects?
In this book, leading scholars examine the felt experience of being the target of racism, with a focus on mental and physical health - as the result of particular racist encounters as well as across the lifespan - in addition to group contexts such as education and the workforce.
Authors examine the subtle but persistent links between everyday microaggressions and historical racial trauma, and offer practical tools to assess and measure perceived racial discrimination. They describe compelling new interventions for individuals and communities, and offer social policy prescriptions to promote healing and help dismantle institutional discrimination.
With its skillful synthesis of voices and approaches, this work should appeal to a broad range of scholars and practitioners in clinical psychology, as well as ethnic studies, sociology, and public and allied health.
Contributors
Series Foreword
Frederick T. L. Leong
Introduction
Alvin N. Alvarez, Christopher T. H. Liang, and Helen A.
Neville
I. Theoretical and Methodological Foundations
II. Context and Costs
III. Interventions and Future Directions
Index
About the Editors
Alvin N. Alvarez, PhD, is dean of the College of Health and
Social Sciences and professor of counseling at San Francisco State
University. He completed his undergraduate at the University of
California–Irvine in biological sciences and psychology and
received his doctorate in counseling psychology from the University
of Maryland. His scholarship focuses on Asian Americans, racial
identity, and the psychological impact of racism. Dr. Alvarez is
the coauthor, with Nita Tewari, of Asian American Psychology:
Current Perspectives.
His scholarship has been supported by the National Institute of
Mental Health, and he has been awarded the Janet E. Helms Award for
Mentoring and Scholarship, the Asian Pacific American Network
Research Award from the American College Personnel Association, the
Best Paper for 2011 from the Asian American Journal of Psychology
and the APA Tanaka Memorial Dissertation Award. He has also been
awarded the Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award from the
Society of Counseling Psychology. He is a former president of the
Asian American Psychological Association, from which he received
the Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions and the
Distinguished Contributions Award. His proudest achievements are
his two daughters — Sabrina (7) and Sophie (4) — who are convinced
they are smart and funny girls with even more important things to
accomplish!
Christopher T. H. Liang, PhD, is an associate professor of
counseling psychology at Lehigh University. He is a former
president of APA Division 51 (Society for the Psychological Study
of Men and Masculinity). His research interests center on how
perceived racism and masculinity ideologies are associated with the
academic, psychological, and physiological health, and
health-related behaviors of ethnic minority boys and men. Dr. Liang
also examines the role of coping, psychological rumination, and
just-world beliefs in the associations between perceived racism and
health outcomes for people of color. His work has been published in
a number of peer-reviewed journals.
The purpose of his research lines is to determine effective
individual-level, systems-level, and policy-oriented interventions.
For instance, Dr. Liang has worked with school districts,
universities, departments of health and human services, as well as
not-for-profit community organizations, to strengthen their
capacity to serve diverse children, youth, and families. Dr. Liang
currently serves on the editorial boards of The Counseling
Psychologist and the Psychology of Men and Masculinity.
Helen A. Neville, PhD, is a professor of educational
psychology and African American Studies at the University of
Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. She is a past associate editor of The
Counseling Psychologist and the Journal of Black Psychology. Her
research on race, racism, and color-blind racial ideology has
appeared in a wide range of peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Neville has been recognized for her research and mentoring
efforts, including receiving the American Psychological Association
of Graduate Students Kenneth and Mamie Clark Award, the APA
Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture,
Ethnicity and Race) Charles and Shirley Thomas Award for
mentoring/contributions to African American students/community, and
the APA Minority Fellowship Program Dalmas Taylor Award for
Research. She was honored with the Association of Black
Psychologists' Distinguished Psychologist of the Year award and the
Winter Roundtable Janet E. Helms Mentoring Award.
“Although the volume targets experts in subfields of psychology,
the content and perspectives are important for anyone studying the
cost of racism for people of color.” —Choice
“Virtually all scholars should find this book interested and
helpful, especially those in ethnic studies, public health, and
sociology. The authors have brought together an astoundingly
diverse set of contributors from various educational and ethnic
backgrounds, which gives the book a broader audience not only in
terms of methodology but also in terms of relevant racial groups.”
—PsycCRITIQUES
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