The APA Council of Representatives votes to adopt the APA Resolution on Racism: Harnessing Psychology to Combat Racism: Adopting a Uniform Definition and Understanding.
It took until 2021 to figure out a resolution on racism, and highlight how slowly the filed of psychology has been progressing. It is disappointing it took APA that long to confront the fact that it has its own role in racism. It has ruined and affected many innocent lives over the past century.
Jessica Henderson Daniel elected first Black woman president of APA.
It took until 2018 for the first black woman to be elected, which reflects the exclusion of black women from positions of power. This milestone is amazing, as historically leadership has been dominated by whiteness. Black women face intersectionality, and have profound knowledge of systems, and justice, they should have the opportunity, if not more than others, to be in charge.
Ponteretto (1988) reviews articles published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology between 1976 and 1986 and finds that 5.7% of the articles focus on people of color. Furthermore, people of color made up only 6.5 to 11.1% of regular editorial board reviewers.
This highlights racial inequity in psychological research. This is harmful as this demonstrates that white or European individuals experiences were prioritized. This leads to injustice in legal and criminal situations.