Author agrees with Robert McCloud's statement that the conventional undergraduate curriculum in psychology is about as culture-bound as any source can be"; and American culture is bound by racism. Black psychologists have organized and begun to try to break out of the lockstep in which their professional identity and their discipline has been…

Alain Locke's thinking on race and race relations is not always clearly understood. His interest in race stemmed primarily from his attempt to combat notions of national, racial, and cultural superiority. As excerpts from his works show, Locke's position is more appropriately described as culturally pluralistic, rather than integrationist.…

Reviews the literature on racist and sexist overtones in books and stories for children. (WR)

This article reviews the Moynihan Report on the deterioration of the black community due to the black family functioning as a poor family unity. The article claims that the report is based on common misconceptions about black family life. (JA)

A documentation of racist passages from recent children's literature that portrays the black experience in very negative, stereotyped tones. (EH)

Excerpt from the book, The Conflict of Generations.

The superintendent of the Dallas school district describes the action the court ordered the district to take to eliminate institutional racism and the progress that has been made in four years. (IRT)

Sixteen year old James Coster talks about being black in England. He presents reasons for the necessity of the racial separatism that he advocates. (GC)

Notes that school psychologists, in particular, have been relatively uninvolved in desegregation. Many have avoided their responsibility to study the sociological and psychological backgrounds of black students. (Author/AM)

Argues that most educational models designed for minority children continue to perpetuate racism and social inequality. (BD)

Examines the importance of the white therapist understanding his or her own feelings, countertransference, and the impact of the therapist's need to be powerful. Also explores the need of therapists for awareness of client-therapist interpersonal similarity and the need for an understanding of our social system. (Author/GC)

This supplement is comprised of the text of the resolutions adopted at the NAACP Convention held in St. Louis in mid-1977. A number of political, economic, educational, legal and social issues are discussed. (GC)