American psychologists

Imagine if we were African American or Latino walking at night in New York City what would happen to us? Let’s ask another question what if we were walking in a all white neighborhood? Out of ignorance most people would say nothing would happen to them. But in reality the chances are that somebody ( police officer) would stop them and ask them questions. The reason is because we are the minority in the U.S. We shouldn’t be surprised because racial profiling has been around since slavery time.…

Black Children Not Considered as Children The articles (Patton, 2014), “In America, black children don’t get to be children”, written by Stacy Patten in November 2014, suggests from research by researchers, psychologists and anthropologists that black American children are innately inferior, dangerous and indistinguishable from black adulthood, whereas not innocence as their opposite race, whites are. The lives of the black youth have trickled to a devastating issue in America. As life is full…

The class was assigned to view the Project Implicit which psychologist developed in order to explain the concept “unwilling-unable distinction”. People tend to reflect on what their thinking because they are reluctant or inadequate to do so. For example, if an employee notices a person who gambles at the particular casino everyday and they happened to ask if they have been coming their everyday. The gambler could completely avoids the question all together because they fear being judged and the…

The most pervasive theme is racism. The white policeman whose father lost his janitorial business due to preferential affirmative action practices is angry at African Americans. A young African American car jacker spouts the inflammatory Black Power. Stereotyping is another theme in the film, the white DA’s wife suspects the locksmith of being a gang member because of his ethnicity. The clash of cultures is illustrated by the Iranian…

effects of racism on the African American psyche?” In some cases, it seems as if “black rage” is simply a term used to add racial undertones to what is described in non-black individuals as mental illness or psychosis. On the other hand; it has been shown in multiple studies that the near constant racism African Americans in particular face (and the conditions that…

apart of the American culture during the nineteenth century. Industrialization and urbanization, were like two gigantic hands touching the spinning clay on a potter’s wheel (Stubblefield & Keane, 1994). The inflexed of immigration in American change the way many structures grown and the United State begin to change to accommodate those measures. In the 1880s, the beginning of World War I, a new wave of immigrants from the peasant population of eastern and southern Europe settle in American…

personal experiences.” (Herbert, 2013, p.1) This is a direct result of how society treats minorities, and how easily people are willing to accept it. According to the article, “The Psychology of Unconscious Bias”, by Rachel Sondgeroth (2015), “Psychologists…

Claude Steele Claude Steele is an African-American social psychologist who was born on January 1st, 1946 in Phoenix Illinois during the Civil Rights Movement. At that time, racial tension was high and he has memories of his dad taking him and his brothers to marches and rallies whenever possible. He interpreted achievement as success in education and went on to receive his B.A. in Psychology at Hiram College in 1967. While attending Hiram, he became interested in how individuals face the…

hardly ever complete. In the introduction from “Place, Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America,” Sheryll Cashin has successfully pointed out an important issue about race which plays a powerful role as the factor that causes unfairness in the American…

sparked change in American culture. Music has played a critical role in civilization since its creation. As humans have progressed and evolved so has music. There has been a constant transformation in melodic styles, sounds, and the ways people perform. Rock ‘n Roll gets its origins from the early days of jazz, rhythm and blues, folk, country, and pop. It is a blend of all previous forms of music with its own twist and distinct individuality. Rock ‘n Roll divided generations of Americans, along…