
Psychoanalysis and Racism
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Is Psychoanalysis a Good Framework for Understanding Race and Racism?
Sally Kohn: I would contend that psychoanalysis does not present itself naturally as a good fit for discussing race and racism. It's almost like Freud chose to talk about sex and then he couldn't talk about race, she says. "I think the way that this psychoanalytic focus on sex has just made race seem extraneous or just... I think this is the way I think some lecanians think of race"
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