New Books in Psychology · Marshall Poe
The Tug of War: Why Racial Progress Often Meets Resistance and Backlash
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Karen Messina reads Martin Luther King's words: 'White America is not even psychologically organized to close the gap.'
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A steady look at how equality can be affirmed in public while still remaining incomplete in practice.
The episode takes up psychoanalytic language to consider racism, equality, and the gap between what Americans say and what they are willing to do.
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For when you want race, history, and psychology in one careful conversation.
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