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Black Lives Matter: We are in the Same Storm but we are not in the Same Boat
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Black Lives Matter: We are in the Same Storm but we are not in the Same Boat

Marlene F. Watson, William L. Turner and Paulette Moore Hines
Family process, v 59(4), pp 1362-1373
01 Dec 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12613
PMID: 33166433
Featured in Collection :   UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel

Abstract

Family Studies Psychology Psychology, Clinical Social Sciences
Black Lives Matter is a clarion call for racial equality and racial justice. With the arrival of Africans as slaves in 1619, a racial hierarchy was formed in the United States. However, slavery is commonly dismissed as that less than noble aspect of the United States' history without really confronting the legacies of racial inequality and racial injustice left in its wake. White supremacy, based on the myths of white superiority and Black inferiority, have obscured racial inequality and racial injustice, resulting in blaming the victims. Using Black Lives Matter as a platform, we focus on some key considerations for theory, research, education, training, and practice in clinical, community, and larger systems contexts. Broadly, we focus on Black Lives Matter, literally; Black dehumanization; historical oppression; healing; and implications for the field of family therapy. More specifically, we draw attention to health disparities, mass incarceration and aggressive policing, intergenerational racial trauma, restorative justice, and antiracist work.

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Family Studies
Psychology, Clinical
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