Psychology’s Whiteness problem is both structural and ideological. It includes barriers that exclude non-White practitioners and a deep-seated Eurocentric focus that prioritises capitalist individualistic frameworks. This bias is rooted in historical colonialism, which served to establish White Western experiences as the universal standard for psychology and continues to concentrate resources and intellectual authority in predominantly White institutions. The field’s insistence on neutrality and scientific objectivity in an inequitable world ultimately reinforces the status quo, as it avoids confronting political and historical contexts that sustain racial power imbalances. Consequently, psychology protects White privilege, mistaking silence for neutrality while perpetuating systemic racism.

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Silence as Supremacy

  • Brian M. Hughes

摘要

Psychology’s Whiteness problem is both structural and ideological. It includes barriers that exclude non-White practitioners and a deep-seated Eurocentric focus that prioritises capitalist individualistic frameworks. This bias is rooted in historical colonialism, which served to establish White Western experiences as the universal standard for psychology and continues to concentrate resources and intellectual authority in predominantly White institutions. The field’s insistence on neutrality and scientific objectivity in an inequitable world ultimately reinforces the status quo, as it avoids confronting political and historical contexts that sustain racial power imbalances. Consequently, psychology protects White privilege, mistaking silence for neutrality while perpetuating systemic racism.