Author

Clara L. Wilkins

Associate Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis

clara.wilkins@wustl.edu

@ClaraLWilkins

Articles

Social Science & Medicine

Appropriated Racial Oppression: Implications for Mental Health in Whites and Blacks

Introduction Scholarship has examined many forms of racism, but research on how racism impacts individuals’ everyday experiences is still developing. Some scholars have studied how racism can be internalized by members of oppressed groups. For example, psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark’s famous experiment presenting Black children with Black and white dolls continues to be referenced…

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