| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages) : illustrations. |
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APA decade of behavior volumes |
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Decade of behavior.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Commemorating Brown: psychology as a force for liberation / Glenn Adams -- Organized psychology's efforts to influence the Supreme Court on matters of race and education / Lawrence S. Wrightsman -- Still a long way to go : American black-white relations today / Thomas F. Pettigrew -- Brown and intergroup relations : reclaiming a lost opportunity / Walter G. Stephan -- Legacies of Brown : success and failure in social science research on racism / Joe R. Feagin -- From Kansas to Michigan : the path from desegregation to diversity / Amy E. Smith and Faye J. Crosby -- Sense of commonality in values among racial-ethnic groups : an opportunity for a new conception of integration / Patricia Gurin ... [et al.] -- The American color line 50 years after Brown v. Board : many "peoples of color" or black exceptionalism? / David O. Sears -- The pernicious relationship between merit assessment and discrimination in education / Jean-Claude Croizet -- The psychology of invisibility / Stephanie A. Fryberg and Sarah S.M. Townsend -- Desegregating the self : transcending identity politics in South Africa / Elizabeth A. Self and Daniel G. Acheson-Brown -- Beyond prejudice : toward a sociocultural psychology of racism and oppression / Glenn Adams ... [et al.]. |
| Summary |
Brown v. Board of Education was the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared racial segregation illegal in the United States. Commemorating Brown offers a critical retrospective on the role of psychological research in the fight against racism and discrimination and an up-to-date review of the psychology of racism and its implications for schools, the workplace, and public policy. The chapters provide a historical perspective on the Brown decision, including its promise as a mechanism for social justice, on why its promise remains unfulfilled, and on its ongoing relevance in a contemporary context of increasing resegregation. Equally important, chapter authors identify emerging directions for action in the continuing struggle against racism and oppression. These include multicultural and international analyses of racism that highlight the role of identity processes and collectively constructed realities. Finally, the editors describe an incisive sociocultural approach to the psychology of racism and oppression that integrates diverse programs of theory and research in social psychology.--Jacket. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Racism -- United States.
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Racism -- Psychological aspects.
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Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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United States -- Race relations.
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| Added Author |
Adams, Glenn (Glenn E.)
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American Psychological Association.
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| Added Title |
PsycBooks.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Commemorating Brown. 1st ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2008 (DLC) 2007022984 (OCoLC)144570813 |
| ISBN |
1433803089 |
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9781433803086 |
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