The Psychology of Inequity

Inequities still exist in today's society, and this book advances awareness, an equitable mindset, and transformative change toward the goal of eliminating inequities and promoting inclusiveness and social justice. Racialized inequity is injustice or unfairness and exists when prejudice or discrimination based on any aspect of difference precludes access of certain groups to the resources and benefits of society. This volume takes a new look at the psychology of inequity today. Have we progressed or regressed since the height of the civil rights movement of the 1960s? Through an examination of the motivations and beliefs behind inequities and injustices, this text aims to answer this question and any others that a scholar or general reader interested in social inequities and multiculturalism may have. Chapters address the motives that sustain inequity and reflect on the beliefs and behaviors linked to implicit responses to threats of change and loss of privilege posed by the inclusion of "others."

Jean Lau Chin, PhD, was professor and former dean of the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University in New York.
Yolanda E. Garcia, PhD, is associate professor and doctoral training director in the Counseling/School Psychology PhD program in the Department of Educational Psychology at Northern Arizona University.
Arthur W. Blume, PhD, is professor of psychology at Washington State University Vancouver.

Introduction
1 How and Why Are Inequities Maintained?
Christine Ma-Kellams
2 Social Privilege: Flipping the Coin of Inequity
Jude Bergkamp, Abi Martin, and Lindsay Olson
3 Psychology of Liberation: Strategies to Engage in Transformative Practice in Public Schools
Sally M. Hage, Charisse Del Vecchio, and Sesooter Ikpah
4 Racial Microaggressions and Self-Esteem
Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt and Aldo M. Barrita
5 Poverty and Mental Illness: Motivation, Beliefs, and the Cycle of Inequity
Maria Espinola, Julia McIntyre, Juliana Lavey, Rachael Crenshaw, and Meghan St. John
6 Perceived Discrimination in Health-Care Settings among Filipino Americans
Diana L. Arntz and Sukanya Ray
7 Political Extremism in the Wake of Charlottesville: The Motivations and Ideologies of the White Power Movement
Tina R. Lee
8 Asian Americans Rising Up, Speaking Out for Greater Equity
Matthew R. Mock
9 Psychiatry and the African American Community: A History of Diagnosis and Treatment for Social Control
H. Russell Searight and Lyndsey Ren Johnson
About the Editors and Contributors
Index