This book addresses the need to radically transform societies plagued by racism. It places prominence on persistent racialized violence in the lives of Black Americans as influential in how Black people in the U.S. and abroad perceive themselves as Black in juxtaposition to their perceptions of White people and other People of Color. An absence of understanding of the often-masked role of violence in the lives of Black people increases the likelihood of reproducing it. The author offers a reformulation of racial identity theory to examine the construction of Manichaeism in people and societies, and how meaningful engagement that confronts the violence is vital to psychological development, though this engagement also is not without dire risks.

Presents a re-formulated theory of racial identity, building on the work of historians, writers, and theorists Makes space for activists and other individuals outside of academia within the author's comprehensive theory Expands on American racial politics to address racial identity on a global scale

Autorentext

Chalmer E. F. Thompson, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Indiana University School of Education in Indianapolis. Dr. Thompson is affiliated with Kyambogo University in Kampala, Uganda and considers herself a scholar-activist.

Inhalt

Preface.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Violence and Racialized Lives.- Chapter 3. How Racial Identity Theory is Relevant to Liberation and Peace Psychology.- Chapter 4. Waging Liberation and Peace.- Chapter 5. The World Stage: Engaging Transnationally in Liberation and Peace Work.- Acknowledgements.