The Psychosis of Whiteness
Take a step through the looking-glass to a strange land, one where Piers Morgan is a voice worth listening to about race, where white people buy self-help books to help them cope with their whiteness, where Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are seen by the majority of the population as 'the right (white) man for the job'. All the inhabitants seem to be afflicted by serious delusions, like that racism doesn't exist and if it does it can be cured with a one-hour inclusion seminar. But there is a serious side too. Being Black and brown has itself been pathologized by the young field of psychology. Society cannot face up to the racism at its heart and in its history, so the delusions, irrationalities and hallucinations it conjures up to avoid doing so can only best be described as a psychosis, and the costs are being borne by the sons and daughters of that racist history.
  • Publisher: Allen Lane
  • Publication date: 07/09/2023
  • ISBN: 9780241437476
  • Page extent: 224
  • Format: Hardback
  • Dimensions: 239 mm x 155 mm
Buy From
 
Other titles you may like