Here's some good literature illustrating how simple this argument is (despite the real and positive intentions of the authors), and how complex diversity and discrimination actually are both academically and in the applied world. Scott page does some excellent work on what increasing knowledge diversity can afford to organizations and groups, but surface traits such as demographics, when not paired with real skills or knowledge that the rest of the group lacked, don't do much intrinsically when added to a team other than add more common sense ability such as wisdom of the crowds effects. 

All the best,
Robert L. Gray



On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 9:58 AM Nicholas Lattanzio <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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Having just read that one section, I feel there are objective truths spoken, but as false arguments (e.g., their point about racists using social cognition research to justify their racism, but then they don't say what should be done with that information). It's difficult to read, for that matter, beautifully written, but overly complicated syntax, I can't even be sure I understand the minutiae of their arguments. Yes, minorities and subgroups have long been barred from the scientific and academic communities as they have most others, I am skeptical that that means our basic epistemics within modern empiricism would be radically different. I'll have to go back and read again, but the basic argument to me is that we need more inclusion and diversity in perspective taking for the presentation and dissemination of research. 

So if my understanding based on that section are true, it's an overstatement of the need for greater inclusion. Which is fairly characteristic of postmodernism. Someone please correct me if I am badly mistaken. But I don't think I'm that off-base, particularly since I'm normally more on the postmodern side than the modern side. I noticed some internal discomfort reading too though so maybe I did miss the point. 

Regards,

Nicholas G. Lattanzio, Psy.D.

On Fri, Feb 4, 2022, 7:36 AM Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

If folks are interested in what the new, postmodern justice approach to psychology looks like, see the attached.

 

Page 1215 gives a one page summary of “rethinking what constitutes psychology”.

 

I will let you be the judge as to whether that summary affords us coherence and clarity regarding how we should think about what psychology is.

 

Best,
Gregg

 

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