%0 Journal Article
%T Speaking Truth to Power: How Black/African Psychology Changed the Discipline of Psychology
%A Kevin Cokley
%A Ramya Garba
%J Journal of Black Psychology
%@ 1552-4558
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0095798418810592
%X Black/African psychology is a distinct disciplinary field of psychology that includes a community of scholars and a history of scholarly inquiry. Black psychologists grounded in a Black/African psychology tradition have long challenged the hegemonic paradigms and racist beliefs perpetuated by Eurocentric approaches to psychology. However, in the absence of teaching about the important contributions of Black/African psychology, many individuals remain unaware of its historical and contemporary impact on the discipline of psychology. Using the three methodological approaches of deconstruction, reconstruction, and construction as a framework, the authors identify the many ways in which Black/African psychology has challenged prevailing beliefs in psychology about Black behavior and culture and forever changed psychological research on Black people
%K Black psychology
%K African psychology
%K deconstruction
%K reconstruction
%K construction
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0095798418810592