Exclusive | Coalition of minority psychologists opposes Jewish shrinks from creating similar group cite whiteness
They just might need their heads examined.A professional association representing minority psychologists has issued a statement opposing Jewish shrinks from creating their own such group — citing their whiteness.“While we recognize that many forms of prejudice are on the rise in today’s climate, including antisemitism, we have several considerations to raise regarding the Association of Jewish Psychologists as an Ethnic Psychological Association,” said the Coalition of National Racial and Ethnic Psychological Associations.“Conflating religion, race and ethnicity is a critical issue with serious consequences in that it obscures the role of racism, white privilege and white supremacy in the historical and contemporary oppression of people of color,” said the association, which consists of groups representing blacks, native Americans, HIspanics, Asians, American Arabs and Middle Eastern and North African psychologists.The leaders of the minority psychologists claimed that their Jewish colleagues are “not underrepresented” within the American Psychological Association.“The majority of Jewish Americans in the United States identify as white, Jewish psychologists of color already have a home in each of the existing EPAs [Ethnic Psychological Associations],” the coalition said in the statement.“EPA seats were intended to address underrepresented groups within APA.Jewish psychologists are not underrepresented within APA.”To try to bolster their case, the coalition’s leaders cited the American Psychological Association’s 2021 resolution apologizing for failing to confront racism against “people of color” while specifically not mentioning oppression against Jews.
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