American psychologists

also illustrating how the great American hypocrisy affects this transition. A great example of this comes from two paragraphs discussing her father’s first job at a blood bank. The job is temporary, as he’s trying to get official certification to be a doctor in the United States, but he encounters difficulties. One woman is xenophobic to him, “[requesting] to see an “American” doctor” (Balcita 2006, 1) when he comes to her aid. While this is a prime example of American hypocrisy as I explained…

in the African American community due to unmet needs and barriers within the community. From the National Alliance on Mental Health, “African Americans are 20% more likely to experience serious mental health problems than the general population.” It is environmental and socioeconomic reasons that may impact mental health such as exposure to violence, which is more common for black children to experience. Homelessness also creates a greater risk, in NAMI statistics, “African Americans make up 40%…

Asian American stereotyping. The child’s name was Andy, an Asian American student who dropped out in the 12th grade. Early on Andy struggled being in a school that had only three other Asian American. He quickly fell behind due to the lack of resources he middle-class suburban peers…

What is African American psychology? African American psychology is defined as “the body of knowledge that is concerned with the understanding of African American life and culture. African American psychology recognizes the commonality of experiences of African people throughout the world” (Fairchild, pg. 93). There are two perspectives in which African American psychology can be presented. The first way in which the reaction of African American psychology to racist attacks on black people by…

Florida to vacation, but Mr. Stephen’s never thought this would be the last time day he would spend with his wife. An African American male between the ages of 20-25 approach the couple demanding Mrs. Stephens to give him her purse. Mrs. Stephens, 65, through her cup of coffee on the assailant, within second the gun goes off shoot Mrs. Stephens in the face, as the African American male runs off with her purse (Murder on Sunday Morning,…

The movie Tell Them We Are Rising was very inspiring. I enjoyed the way it depicted African American education over time. Throughout the movie it made me ponder on a discussion my cohort and I had in our Culture Diversity in Education class. We were discussing the academic achievement gap amongst Minorities and White/Asian Americans. One of my classmates believed that the achievement gap between the cultures was due to parental involvement, and Asian students performed at a higher rate than…

Intergroup bias is a complex human tendency that social psychologists have been investigating for decades. Intergroup bias relates to how we as humans tend to evaluate our own group and members more favourably than other groups and their members, and how we divide ourselves into favoured in-groups and disfavoured out-groups (Hewstone, Rubin & Willis, 2002). Intergroup bias is a strong motivation for the sectarian conflicts tearing apart the Middle East, the increase in anti-immigrant attitudes…

William Cross is one of the most influential black psychologists in the field of development. This psychologist is a leading theorist and researcher who deals with ethnic identity development; he focuses his research specifically on the development of African Americans. “In 1971, the original model of the Nigrescence theory addressed whether racial preference was believed to do two things: 1) to be a part of a Black person’s personal identity and 2) to affect the person’s mental health…

African American psychologist who focused on race religions, but also on other racial issues. Clark and his wife founded Northside Center for Child Development where they helped African American children in Harlem who were in poverty, but needed psychological assistance. He was well known for being the first African American professor at City College of New York, first African American to be on the State Board of Regents, and the first African American to be the President of the American…

has become especially important for Asian American students. This paper is a review of a journal article entitled, ‘Bullying Prevention as a Social Justice Issue: Implications with Asian American Elementary School Students’. Cixin et al. (2016) reported that a significant portion of its Asian American participants, believed that they were victimized or bullied because of their…