Black Psychology

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This paper explains that social science constructions depict Blacks as inferior to Whites. The author points out that this assumption is said to be based on genetics and race. The paper argues continue to plague the psyche and behavior of African-Americans in contemporary society.

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"Psychology evolves in a historical context. As such, African-American or Black psychology is a historical concept. The history of African-American people in the United States is a journey that includes physical and psychological oppression and travels through specific intergenerational efforts to improve the condition of a race that has face slavery poverty racism discrimination and basically powerlessness across all sectors of American society. In contrast to these often horrific realities of the Black experience in the U. S. stand many inspiring examples of Black lives that ..."

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