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This chapter introduces the concept of racial or ethnic discrimination, including definitions, prevalence rates, and consequences, in the context of white supremacy. We highlight here a need to move toward a nuanced understanding of discrimination’s impacts.
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gaslighting: the effort of one person to undermine another person’s confidence and stability by causing the victim to doubt [their] own senses and beliefs (Kline, 2006).
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Mujica, C.A., Bridges, A.J., Allen, E.L. (2023). Introduction and the Need for Nuanced Research on Racial/Ethnic Discrimination. In: Horizontal and Vertical Racial/Ethnic Discrimination. SpringerBriefs in Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33058-2_1
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