Responses to racism : a taxonomy of coping styles used by aboriginal Australians
Mellor, David 2004, Responses to racism : a taxonomy of coping styles used by aboriginal Australians, American journal of orthopsychiatry, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 56-71, doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.74.1.56.
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Responses to racism : a taxonomy of coping styles used by aboriginal Australians
The author takes up the challenge from social psychologists to explore the coping responses of those who experience racism. Previous attempts to provide taxonomies of responses to racism-discrimination-oppression are reviewed. An analysis of data derived from semistructured interviews conducted with 34 Indigenous Australians that explored experiences of racism and emotional and behavioral responses is reported, and a taxonomy of coping made up of 3 broad categories is presented. The defining feature of these categories is the purpose of the responses contained therein: to defend the self, to control or contain the reaction, or to confront the racism. It is argued that this may be a more useful way to understand responses to racism than taxonomies previously proposed.
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