American psychologists

Life of Dr. Joseph L. White Dr. Joseph L. White is a very renowned black psychologist. During the progression of black psychology, White took on many roles by being an African American professor, activist, scholar, researcher, consultant, mentor and educator. White ultimately helped build the foundation for what is now known as cross-cultural psychology and multicultural counseling. White was born in 1932 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is the son of Dorothy Lee and Joseph L. White. While growing up…

in American has grown dramatically over the years. According to the American Psychological Association (2014), the United States makes up about 5 percent of the world’s population but has more than 20 percent of the world’s prison population thus making it the world’s largest jailer (America Psychological Association, 2014). The Unites States has relied on imprisonment as a form of punishment and rehabilitation for those who commit criminal offenses. Currently, there are 2.3 million Americans…

Racism refers to the negative profiling of individuals based on their skin tone and their place of origin. Many people believe that racism is restricted to blacks and whites only. This cannot be further from the truth. Racism affects other minority races in the country, including the Asians, Hispanics, Africans, among other non-white groupings. For example, Nicole Chung in the article, “What Goes Through Your Mind: On Nice Parties and Casual Racism” explores the racial treatment of Asians by…

(Thoreau, 1966, p. 84) 1.1 Background of the study Transcendentalism flourished in New England as a philosophical, religious and literary movement in the early middle of the nineteenth century. Transcendentalism was an American movement in that it corresponded to the beliefs of American individualism. Transcendentalism also had a political aspect, and writers such as Thoreau began to use their transcendentalist beliefs through acts of civil disobedience to the government. Slavery, the Civil War,…

year of the Supreme Court of the Brown vs Board of Education descion to desegregate schools. When Ruby was in kindergarden,she attended a segregated school. Back then,New Orlens had a test for african american students wheter or not they could attend a white school. The idea was,if all African-American children faild the test,New Orlens schools might be stay segregated for a while longer. Her father opposed her taking the test,beliving if she took the test and…

When discussing the movement of Black Consciousness or African Consciousness one has to identify as Black or African which are defined differently depending on a person’s individual understanding of black history. Many people say, “knowing your history doesn’t matter”, and “history should be forgotten, if it is something that continuously evokes painful emotions”. However, others believe that it is vital to know and love one’s self and one’s culture. It is believed that this is important not…

Sacrifice is not facile. It is not glorious and it is not enjoyable. It requires loss and pain, Heroes make sacrifices. This narrative has bombarded the world. Heroes make sacrifice and they are able to do so because they are courageous and brave. This idea is either explicitly or implicitly presented to people, either through books, movies or in TV shows. The plot of the book, The Hunger Games showcases an example of what people think of as heroism with the character, Katniss Everdeen—a girl…

Less than ten percent of mental health cases in the African American community gets reported to health center. However, that statistics does not cover the amount of people who suffer from these behind closed doors. There is a stigma place in the Black community, that if you seek or speak out about your mental Illness you are perceived as weak or less of a person. The question that have arose is where this stigma stemmed from. Through research, the most reoccurring explanation is that there is…

and pale skin, which Westerners are typically portrayed with, to be more aesthetically pleasing. Another race’s analysis of European features reflect a similar report, the infamous “Doll Test”; the babydoll test, first conducted in the 1940s by psychologist Mamie and Kenneth Clark, show children who are asked to choose the more beautiful babydoll. Ages three to seven were used in the experiment and the preponderance of the children choose dolls that were white.…

Throughout the 1960s, race relations and equality dominated the United States of America. The civil rights movement and their agenda expanded throughout the U.S, accounting for a national demand for racial inequalities to be eliminated from American society. Members fought steadfastly for their cause, forcing their voices to be heard; and while this push culminated in many legislative successes regarding inequality in the United States, it was ultimately unsuccessful in achieving equality for…