Internalized Oppression: The Psychology of Marginalized Groups

328 Pages·2013·3.467 MB·English

by  Ph.d. David, E. J. R. (editor)

The Psychology of Marginalized Groups
O P P R E S S I O N
E.J.R. David
Editor
Internalized Oppression
E. J. R. David, PhD, was born in the Philippines to Kapampangan
parents and was raised in Pasay, Las Pinˇas, Makati, and Barrow, Alaska.
He received his MA and PhD in Clinical Community Psychology from
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. David is currently
an assistant professor at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, in the Joint
PhD Program in Clinical Community Psychology that has a cultural and
indigenous emphasis, where he also serves as the director of the Alaska
Native Community Advancement in Psychology Program. His research
program on the psychological effects of internalized oppression as expe-
rienced by different ethnic and cultural groups started while he was in
graduate school and led the American Psychological Association (APA)
Division 45 to give him the Distinguished Doctoral Student Research
Award “for his significant contribution in psychological research related
to ethnic minority populations.” In 2012, Dr. David was honored by
the APA Minority Fellowship Program with the Early Career Award
in Research for Distinguished Contributions to the Field of Racial and
Ethnic Minority Psychology, citing his “outstanding scientific contribu-
tions and the application of this knowledge toward the improved mental
and physical well-being of people of color.” In 2013, the Asian American
Psychological Association presented him with the Early Career Award for
Distinguished Contributions to Research. Dr. David is also the author of
Brown Skin, White Minds: Filipino -/ American Postcolonial Psychology.
Internalized Oppression
The Psychology of Marginalized Groups
E. J. R. David, PhD
Editor
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Internalized oppression: the psychology of marginalized groups / edited by E.J.R. David, Ph.D.
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1. Marginality, Social—Psychological aspects. 2. Oppression (Psychology)
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Contents
Contributors ix
Foreword by Eduardo Duran, PhD xiii
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xxv
PART I. INTRODUCTION
1. What Is Internalized Oppression, and So What? 1
E. J. R. David and Annie O. Derthick
PART II. AMERICA’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
2. The Internalized Oppression of North American Indigenous
Peoples 31
John Gonzalez, Estelle Simard, Twyla Baker-Demaray, and Chase Iron Eyes
3. Internalized Oppression and Alaska Native Peoples: “We Have to
Go Through the Problem” 57
Jordan Lewis, James Allen, and Elizabeth Fleagle
4. Internalized Oppression Among Pacific Island Peoples 83
Michael Salzman and Poka Laenui
PART III. MARGINALIZED RACIAL/ETHNIC COMMUNITIES
5. Self-Hatred, Self-Doubt, and Assimilation in Latina/o Communities:
Las Consecuencias de Colonización y Opresión 109
Carlos P. Hipolito-Delgado, Stephany Gallegos Payan, and Teresa I. Baca
6. Internalized Racial Oppression in the African American
Community 137
Tamba-Kuii M. Bailey, Wendi S. Williams, and Brian Favors
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7. Asian Americans and Internalized Oppression:
Do We Deserve This? 163
James B. Millan and Alvin N. Alvarez
PART IV. SOCIALLY DEVALUED GROUPS
8. Girls, Women, and Internalized Sexism 191
Steve Bearman and Marielle Amrhein
9. Internalized Oppression and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and
Transgender Community 227
Kevin L. Nadal and RJ Mendoza
10. Disability and Internalized Oppression 253
Brian Watermeyer and Tristan Görgens
Afterword by James M. Jones, PhD 281
Index 291
Contributors
James Allen, PhD
Professor of Biobehavioral Health & Population Sciences
University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus
Center for Alaska Native Health Research, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska
Alvin N. Alvarez, PhD
Professor of Counseling
Associate Dean, College of Health & Social Sciences
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California
Marielle Amrhein, MA
Group Facilitator
Interchange Counseling Institute
San Francisco, California
Teresa I. Baca, MS
Downey High School
Downey, California
Tamba-Kuii M. Bailey, PhD
Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology and Community Services
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Twyla Baker-Demaray, PhD
Mandan, Hidatsa, & Arikara Nation
Vice President of Student Services
Fort Berthold Community College
New Town, North Dakota
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