Black Psychology Vs Traditional Psychology

Black psychology first emerged questioning and criticizing the “traditional” psychology’s perspectives, practices, concepts, and treatments all which were and still is Eurocentric. At first after it emerged there was really no need for “radical rupture” because it was just questioning the studies of “traditional” psychology in an attempt for reformation of its practices and concepts, however “radical rupture” became necessary and played a huge role in the incorporation of Black psychology in the society. Psychology is defined as the human science that systematically studies behavior in its relationship to the complexity of mental, emotional, physical, and environmental factors which shape it(Karenga2010). Black psychology concentrated on developing a discipline that not only studied black peoples mind, spirit, heart, and behavior but also to help …show more content…
The first individual that was associated with the traditional school was Kenneth Clark. Kenneth Clark was the first and only black individual that was the president of the American Psychological Association. He was known for his work writing about the effects of segregation by the Supreme Court in regards to their decision in the Brown vs. Board of Education case. He is the author of a couple of books, the most significant one in black psychology was called The Dark Ghetto: Dilemma of Social Power (1965). In this book he argues that (racial segregation, like all other forms of cruelty and tyranny, debases all human beings-those who are its victims, those who victimize, and in quite subtle ways those who merely