What Is My Medical Specialty All About?

Mitchell, Ian; Guichon, Juliet R.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-22617-6_1

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“…In this way, their hypermasculinity may actually serve as a mask that disguises the vulnerability and powerlessness that may emerge from experiencing chronic racial stress. In addition, research findings have suggested that the strong Black woman schema is related to Black women inhibiting their emotions to appear emotionally unaffected by stress or hardships (Beauboeuf-Lafontant, 2007; Black & Peacock, 2011; Mitchell, 1998; Woods-Giscombé, 2010). For instance, a participant in Woods-Giscombé’s (2010) study on the superwoman schema stated: “It’s always at the times when I’m most stressed.…”

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How Racism “Gets Under the Skin”: An Examination of the Physical- and Mental-Health Costs of Culturally Compelled Coping

Brownlow

2022

Perspect Psychol Sci

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Historically and contemporarily, Black Americans have been compelled to use effortful coping styles characterized by high behavioral and emotional restraint in the face of systematic racism. Lynch and colleagues have previously conceptualized a class of regulatory strategies—overcontrolled coping—characterized by emotional suppression, hypervigilance for threat, and high distress tolerance, which bear close analogy to coping styles frequently used among individuals facing chronic racial stress. However, given the inherent culture of racism in the United States, engaging in highly controlled coping strategies is often necessitated and adaptive, at least in the short term. Thus, for Black Americans this class of coping strategies is conceptualized as culturally compelled coping rather than overcontrolled coping. In the current article, I offer a critical examination of the literature and introduce a novel theoretical model—culturally compelled coping—that culturally translates selected components of Lynch’s model. Cultural translation refers to considering how the meaning, function, and consequences of using overcontrolled coping strategies changes when considering how Black Americans exist and cope within a culture of systematic racism. Importantly, this model may offer broad implications for future research and treatment by contextualizing emotion regulation as a central mechanism, partially answering how racism “gets under the skin” and affects the health of Black Americans.

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How Racism “Gets Under the Skin”: An Examination of the Physical- and Mental-Health Costs of Culturally Compelled Coping

Brownlow

2022

Perspect Psychol Sci

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“…For example, U.S. participants were more likely to perceive an employee's anger to be a result of her general nature—hurting perceptions of her leadership capability and performance ratings—when she was a Black woman, relative to a White woman (Motro et al., 2022). The pressure of these stereotypes can lead Black Americans to feel that they must suppress their emotions (Ashley, 2014; Jones et al., 2021; Mitchell & Herring, 1998; Thomas et al., 2004; West, 1995). Black women and men report concerns about confirming stereotypes that they are angry, hostile, or threatening, resulting in constant monitoring and muting of emotional expression (Adams, 2000; Bell, 1992; Jones & Norwood, 2017; Jones & Shorter‐Gooden, 2003; Thomas et al., 2004; Wingfield, 2007).…”

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The construction of racial stereotypes and how they serve as racial propaganda

Melson-Silimon

Spivey

Skinner-Dorkenoo

2023

Social & Personality Psych

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In social psychology, stereotypes have generally been viewed as overgeneralized beliefs about social groups in society. Although stereotypes—especially those that are negative—tend to be recognized as contributing to prejudice and discrimination of marginalized communities, they are often conceptualized as containing a “kernel of truth.” Meanwhile, there has been relatively little consideration of the historical and cultural origins of racial stereotypes. This is an important oversight given that stereotypes have and continue to be used as a means to excuse and reinforce the systemic oppression of communities of color. Thus, the current paper uses a historical framework to review major stereotypes that have targeted communities of color throughout U.S. history, with a focus on stereotypes of Black people. In doing so, we conceptualize racial stereotypes as propaganda that have historically functioned to support oppressive societal systems in the U.S. by both (a) shaping public perceptions and expectations and (b) by influencing the thoughts and behavior of members of stereotyped groups. By situating stereotypes within their historical and cultural frames, readers can recognize the way stereotypes reinforce systems of oppression. We conclude with research implications and encourage stereotyping scholars to foreground the social construction of stereotypes and the function that they serve by contextualizing their work in the social and historical context in which stereotypes emerged.

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What Is My Medical Specialty All About?

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How Racism “Gets Under the Skin”: An Examination of the Physical- and Mental-Health Costs of Culturally Compelled Coping

How Racism “Gets Under the Skin”: An Examination of the Physical- and Mental-Health Costs of Culturally Compelled Coping

The construction of racial stereotypes and how they serve as racial propaganda

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