Abstract

As the American Psychological Association and Division 15 committed to addressing systemic racism after the 2020 summer of racial reckoning, orchestrated political attacks that vilify pedagogical approaches aimed at addressing racial injustice have thwarted schools' efforts across the nation. Against this context, the overarching aim of this article is a call to action for educational psychology to contribute to changes for the greater good. To that end, the article contextualizes the field’s lack of engagement in contemporary schooling controversies before turning to a discussion of the contemporary attacks against anti-racist approaches. A concise historiographical review is provided to illustrate the recurring tensions that have consistently thwarted equitable educational efforts. After discussing how growing scholarship focused on anti-racist research approaches in educational psychology can shape educational psychology’s future with a vision toward an anti-racist social purpose of schooling, recommendations and implications for educational psychology are provided.

摘要

由于美国心理学会和第 15 部门致力于在 2020 年夏季种族清算之后解决系统性种族主义，精心策划的政治攻击诋毁旨在解决种族不公正的教学方法，阻碍了全国学校的努力。在这种背景下，本文的首要目标是呼吁教育心理学采取行动，为更大的利益做出贡献。为此，在转向讨论当代对反种族主义方法的攻击之前，文章将这一领域缺乏参与当代学校教育争议的背景化了。提供了一份简明的史学回顾，以说明不断阻碍公平教育努力的反复出现的紧张局势。