Here is an interesting blog that I confess to having mixed reactions to:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/black-psychology-matters/202007/why-black-psychology-matters

It really gets deeply at the question of “What is Psychology? What Should it Be?”

Although a bit of an aside, the blog reminds me of an interesting fact that I think should probably be better known than it is, as I learned about it during conducting research for my masters thesis. It is the fact that of all the various ethnic groups routinely studied in the US, Blacks tend to score the highest on self-esteem. Here is a 1990s publication from my work on my masters thesis, which found this to be the case, although I was not looking for it. Here is a more recent 2010s replication.

I would be curious to hear if folks have ideas about why this might be the case. I have some notions, but have not seen a systematic analysis that seems to make sense of all the threads.

Best,
Gregg  

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