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This video video discusses the contributions of Janet Helms, a notable psychologist recognized for her work on racial identity development and systemic racism. It highlights her involvement in a special issue initiated by the American Psychological Association focusing on racial equity and the contributions of Black scholars. Helms, who has a long-standing academic career, particularly emphasizes the strengths of people of color and the formation of positive racial identities despite societal oppression.

Her research has created frameworks for understanding both the identity development of people of color and white individuals, enriching the conversation about race relations and racism. Helms' theories move away from deficit-based views that compare racial groups and instead promote an understanding of lived experiences as influential to various psychological outcomes.

Helms has initiated significant projects, including the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture and the Diversity Challenge conference, which focused on race and culture. She has provided expert testimony regarding racial issues and education, making her work widely cited and influential. This video video illustrates the lasting impact of her scholarship and how it serves as a foundation for ongoing research in psychology, particularly in relation to racial equity and identity.

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The context behind.

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Um, the article on Janet Helms was related

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to a special issue

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that the American Psychological Association was developing

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and as a part of a larger body of work that they were doing

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around racial equity,

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and really dismantling, systemic racism.

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So this particular special series

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of the American Psychologist, which is the flagship,

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journal for the American Psychological Association,

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focused on, black identified scholars, historically

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who are just, have been really monumental

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and instrumental in terms of their research and scholarship

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and moving the field forward

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in a variety of different areas.

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And Janet Helms is certainly one of the scholars

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that is most notable, more specifically for her work

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around, racism in particular

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and racial identity development.

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So we wanted to highlight her contributions in general

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across variety of domains,

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but also just as a black identified woman.

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Um, another focus of the series was really

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the unrecognized work, right?

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Given that Dr Field, Dr.

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Helms, excuse me, has been in the field for, for some time.

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Janet Helms, is a psychologist by training.

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She has worked, as an an academic, so a professor in

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graduate schools of, of psychology, counseling, psychology,

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as well as I believe some general psychology programs

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for, decades.

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Um, she entered into her graduate studies at a time when in

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the context of the United States, right,

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really higher institutions

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of higher education were being desegregated.

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So she also represents, what the first wave,

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of certainly people of color in this case,

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of black women really entering into graduate school programs

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and her work, really focused on identifying,

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the strengths, of people of color.

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And in doing so, she developed, a theory

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or the several theories actually,

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on racial identity development, which really, speak to

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how it is that people of color in the context

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of the United States, which have been socialized, right?

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Um, as from a societal perspective,

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alongside this racial categorization system, right?

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In other words, a race as a social hierarchy, how it is

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that people of color who've experienced racial oppression

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develop a positive sense of identity, right as it pertains

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to race, given what they are exposed to

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and experience, in their lifetime.

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And she's expanded her theories,

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around racial identity development

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through her scholarship, the University of Maryland.

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Um, she also was at Boston College where I met, Dr.

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Helm, she's my former graduate advisor.

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Um, and she started the Institute for the Study

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and Promotion of Race and Culture,

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and the inaugural, conference Diversity Challenge,

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which is the first conference that we know of

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that really explicitly focused on race as a topic

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and culture and its implications for, both psychologists

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as well as educators, as well as, community folks.

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And that conference ran for 20 years,

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was really instrumental in national conference.

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In addition, Dr. Helms,

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based on her work has been called as an expert witness,

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even, to the Supreme Court, testifying,

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with regards to issues, related to race

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and standardized assessment.

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So her work is, is well cited.

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Um, and many scholars that have come

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after her have applied her theories

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and her models to really advance certainly,

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what we know about the implications

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of racism from a psychological perspective.

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Um, but also as I said, in relation to identity development,

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in relation to cognitive, ability tests

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and standardized assessment as well.

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I think if we look at the history of psychology in general,

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and again,

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I think we're now in 2023 at a time when there's certainly

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more conversations even globally,

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let alone the United States around race and race relations.

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But her work was really seminal because there,

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and alongside some of her peers at that time,

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there really weren't scholars

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focusing on from a positive perspective, again, sort

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of this idea, of people of color as having,

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their own sort of way of developing.

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For example, prior to that, a lot of research

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that may have included, some recognition of race,

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often engaged in comparison studies.

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So comparing individuals of color, right?

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Or communities of color against white identified folks.

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And oftentimes what we found in that research

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is based on the findings, if there were differences, right,

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that were found in those studies, it was often the case.

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And even currently, we can still see some of this,

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that the differences, particularly those differences

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as articulated for people of color were interpreted as

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as deficiencies, right?

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So not performing in the same way with regard

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to some standard right, for folks of color,

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was often interpreted as a deficiency.

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And so the work of racial identity development really

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highlighted,

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a shift from really thinking about really acknowledging race

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as a social construct, right?

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That has no meaning and saying, what is it for folks

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that happens as a result

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of being categorized in this way racially, right?

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What are their lived experiences

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and how do those experiences

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influence a variety of outcomes?

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And that really wasn't the focus

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of a lot of scholarship and research.

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And it also represented, again,

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a paradigm shift in really honoring right differences in

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particular racial differences, in ways

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that weren't deficient.

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In addition, Dr. Helms is also noted as the seminal scholar

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for, for developing,

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white racial identity development, right?

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So also understanding that white too is a,

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is a racial category

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and their implications and meanings for that.

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And I know her work, especially in the era

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of talking about race relations again, more currently.

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So even the works of, say,

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folks talking about white fragility

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or other racial identity models all stem from,

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the scholarship of Janet Helms who explored

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for white identified folks.

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What does this mean, right, of being socialized in this

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system and, and what are the implications

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I actually learned of Dr.

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Helm's work? I was actually reminded of this more recently

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by, a friend that I attended, undergrad,

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my undergraduate institution with,

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we were both psychology majors,

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and he asked, you know,

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how is the professor whose work you were introduced to,

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you know, when you attended Fisk University,

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and I know you went to Boston College and worked with her.

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So I was introduced to, Dr.

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Helm's racial identity theories, in particular

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as an undergraduate psychology major,

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and then sort of matriculated through.

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I knew that I wanted to go on,

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and get my PhD in psychology

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and an effort to become a provider.

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Um, I didn't know as an undergraduate student

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that I would actually end up working with Janet Helms.

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But a lot of the work that I've focused on historically has

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been exploring the experiences of youth of color with,

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with regard to both their racial identity

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and other, other aspects of their identity.

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And so being accepted into Boston College's Counseling

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Psychology program and working with Dr.

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Helms has been significantly in instrumental, both in terms

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of my scholarship, then my clinical interests Were in

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working with youth of color, did a lot

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of work in school systems in the Massachusetts area,

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interviewing students of color about their educational

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or academic experiences in a variety

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of different academic settings with, again, for me,

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a focus on understanding how those lived experiences relate

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to their academic outcomes, their mental health outcomes,

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their relationships, right, with peers

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and, and family members.

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And that, you know, Dr. Helm's theories have been the

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predominant framework that I've used to understand, right,

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for a variety of folks across racial categorizations, like

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what their experiences are

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and how that may relate to a variety of health outcomes.

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So I went from, sort of studying across the lifespan,

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the experiences of younger folks as it pertains to race and,

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and how that shows up in the environments that they exist

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into really understanding the implications

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of race related experiences and mental health outcomes

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and also physical health outcomes.

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So I went on to,

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engage in research about racial health disparities

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and understanding the origins of those disparities

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and how they show up certainly in adulthood.

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But given that my training really focused on childhood

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as well, really understanding

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how we can create preventative, and,

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and other types of interventions at a younger age to buffer,

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right, some of the, the health outcomes that have been

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so well noted in the context of the United States

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and racial identity theory, right?

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In particular has shown up, I would say at each phase

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of my research investigation,

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and even now as a consultant, I do a lot

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of racial equity work.

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And I say to folks, this is the framework that I'm using

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to understand individually

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and collectively, right, how we're understanding

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how race is influencing,

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a particular institution, right?

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Our relationships with one another.

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And if we are working towards racial justice

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and racial equity, right, we absolutely need a framework

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that that sort of teaches us

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or guides us to an optimal, you know, sort of idea in terms

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of our individual functioning as well as,

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our inter interpersonal relationships and systems.

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Although I've applied, I would say originally, if we go back

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to my scholarship, I more often use, you know, Helms

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as people of color, racial identity theory

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to understand the experiences of youth of color.

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I always say to folks when I'm training,

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so engaging in professional

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development or doing racial equity

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Work, that learning about white racial identity

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development was one of the most powerful pieces

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of information and tools,

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that I could have been introduced to as a person

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of color in the United States.

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It helped me understand, right, that the legacy

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and the history of white supremacy,

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helped me understand my white colleagues in terms

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of their socialization so that I

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can have a better understanding, not internalize, you know,

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perhaps some of the dynamics around me in systems,

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but also it kind of gives me a roadmap of, again, kind

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of what's ideal, what's the, the society

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or the world that I wanna live in, right?

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Is a multiracial multicultural society,

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and how do we get there?

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Um, so I think for me, white racial identity theory,

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given that we tend to

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otherwise race, right, as sort

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of race has talked about relative to people of color, right?

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And air quotes all clumped together. So for Dr.

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Helms really putting forth the idea

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that white too is this category and it has meaning

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and that for white folks, right?

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They also have a process of identity development that can

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and should, you know, involve,

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overcoming the internalization of white supremacy,

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and also, dynamics, right?

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That really prioritize whiteness.

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And in 2020, I think, you know, in the context

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of the United States in particular, seeing Dr.

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Helm's work right?

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Be highlighted again, knowing

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that she developed this work in the seventies

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and the eighties, right?

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Sort of speaks to the power of her legacy

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and the relevance of her work

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that is sustained for this amount of time.

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And that so many scholars, that are notable currently

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and particular scholars of color really rely on her work,

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right, as sort of the foundation

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and basis, for a variety of different, you know,

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sub-disciplines across the field of psychology.

00:00 - The context behind. the article on Janet Helms was related to a special issue that the American Psychological Association was developing and as a part of a larger body of work that they were doing around racial equity,

00:14 - and really dismantling, systemic racism. So this particular special series of the American Psychologist, which is the flagship, journal for the American Psychological Association, focused on, black identified scholars, historically who are just, have been really monumental and instrumental in terms of their research and scholarship and moving the field forward in a variety of different areas. And Janet Helms is certainly one of the scholars

00:42 - that is most notable, more specifically for her work around, racism in particular and racial identity development. So we wanted to highlight her contributions in general across variety of domains, but also just as a black identified woman. another focus of the series was really the unrecognized work, right? Given that Dr Field, Dr. Helms, excuse me, has been in the field for, for some time.

01:04 - Janet Helms, is a psychologist by training. She has worked, as an an academic, so a professor in graduate schools of, of psychology, counseling, psychology, as well as I believe some general psychology programs for, decades. she entered into her graduate studies at a time when in the context of the United States, right, really higher institutions of higher education were being desegregated. So she also represents, what the first wave,

01:33 - of certainly people of color in this case, of black women really entering into graduate school programs and her work, really focused on identifying, the strengths, of people of color. And in doing so, she developed, a theory or the several theories actually, on racial identity development, which really, speak to how it is that people of color in the context of the United States, which have been socialized, right? as from a societal perspective,

02:04 - alongside this racial categorization system, right? In other words, a race as a social hierarchy, how it is that people of color who've experienced racial oppression develop a positive sense of identity, right as it pertains to race, given what they are exposed to and experience, in their lifetime. And she's expanded her theories, around racial identity development through her scholarship, the University of Maryland. she also was at Boston College where I met, Dr.

02:31 - Helm, she's my former graduate advisor. and she started the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, and the inaugural, conference Diversity Challenge, which is the first conference that we know of that really explicitly focused on race as a topic and culture and its implications for, both psychologists as well as educators, as well as, community folks. And that conference ran for 20 years, was really instrumental in national conference.

02:59 - In addition, Dr. Helms, based on her work has been called as an expert witness, even, to the Supreme Court, testifying, with regards to issues, related to race and standardized assessment. So her work is, is well cited. and many scholars that have come after her have applied her theories and her models to really advance certainly, what we know about the implications

03:23 - of racism from a psychological perspective. but also as I said, in relation to identity development, in relation to cognitive, ability tests and standardized assessment as well. I think if we look at the history of psychology in general, and again, I think we're now in 2023 at a time when there's certainly more conversations even globally, let alone the United States around race and race relations. But her work was really seminal because there,

03:48 - and alongside some of her peers at that time, there really weren't scholars focusing on from a positive perspective, again, sort of this idea, of people of color as having, their own sort of way of developing. For example, prior to that, a lot of research that may have included, some recognition of race, often engaged in comparison studies. So comparing individuals of color, right? Or communities of color against white identified folks.

04:14 - And oftentimes what we found in that research is based on the findings, if there were differences, right, that were found in those studies, it was often the case. And even currently, we can still see some of this, that the differences, particularly those differences as articulated for people of color were interpreted as as deficiencies, right? So not performing in the same way with regard to some standard right, for folks of color, was often interpreted as a deficiency.

04:38 - And so the work of racial identity development really highlighted, a shift from really thinking about really acknowledging race as a social construct, right? That has no meaning and saying, what is it for folks that happens as a result of being categorized in this way racially, right? What are their lived experiences and how do those experiences influence a variety of outcomes?

04:59 - And that really wasn't the focus of a lot of scholarship and research. And it also represented, again, a paradigm shift in really honoring right differences in particular racial differences, in ways that weren't deficient. In addition, Dr. Helms is also noted as the seminal scholar for, for developing, white racial identity development, right? So also understanding that white too is a,

05:22 - is a racial category and their implications and meanings for that. And I know her work, especially in the era of talking about race relations again, more currently. So even the works of, say, folks talking about white fragility or other racial identity models all stem from, the scholarship of Janet Helms who explored for white identified folks. What does this mean, right, of being socialized in this

05:43 - system and, and what are the implications I actually learned of Dr. Helm's work? I was actually reminded of this more recently by, a friend that I attended, undergrad, my undergraduate institution with, we were both psychology majors, and he asked, you know, how is the professor whose work you were introduced to, you know, when you attended Fisk University, and I know you went to Boston College and worked with her.

06:04 - So I was introduced to, Dr. Helm's racial identity theories, in particular as an undergraduate psychology major, and then sort of matriculated through. I knew that I wanted to go on, and get my PhD in psychology and an effort to become a provider. I didn't know as an undergraduate student that I would actually end up working with Janet Helms. But a lot of the work that I've focused on historically has

06:24 - been exploring the experiences of youth of color with, with regard to both their racial identity and other, other aspects of their identity. And so being accepted into Boston College's Counseling Psychology program and working with Dr. Helms has been significantly in instrumental, both in terms of my scholarship, then my clinical interests Were in working with youth of color, did a lot of work in school systems in the Massachusetts area, interviewing students of color about their educational

06:50 - or academic experiences in a variety of different academic settings with, again, for me, a focus on understanding how those lived experiences relate to their academic outcomes, their mental health outcomes, their relationships, right, with peers and, and family members. And that, you know, Dr. Helm's theories have been the predominant framework that I've used to understand, right, for a variety of folks across racial categorizations, like what their experiences are

07:16 - and how that may relate to a variety of health outcomes. So I went from, sort of studying across the lifespan, the experiences of younger folks as it pertains to race and, and how that shows up in the environments that they exist into really understanding the implications of race related experiences and mental health outcomes and also physical health outcomes. So I went on to, engage in research about racial health disparities and understanding the origins of those disparities

07:43 - and how they show up certainly in adulthood. But given that my training really focused on childhood as well, really understanding how we can create preventative, and, and other types of interventions at a younger age to buffer, right, some of the, the health outcomes that have been so well noted in the context of the United States and racial identity theory, right? In particular has shown up, I would say at each phase of my research investigation,

08:07 - and even now as a consultant, I do a lot of racial equity work. And I say to folks, this is the framework that I'm using to understand individually and collectively, right, how we're understanding how race is influencing, a particular institution, right? Our relationships with one another. And if we are working towards racial justice and racial equity, right, we absolutely need a framework

08:28 - that that sort of teaches us or guides us to an optimal, you know, sort of idea in terms of our individual functioning as well as, our inter interpersonal relationships and systems. Although I've applied, I would say originally, if we go back to my scholarship, I more often use, you know, Helms as people of color, racial identity theory to understand the experiences of youth of color. I always say to folks when I'm training, so engaging in professional

08:53 - development or doing racial equity Work, that learning about white racial identity development was one of the most powerful pieces of information and tools, that I could have been introduced to as a person of color in the United States. It helped me understand, right, that the legacy and the history of white supremacy, helped me understand my white colleagues in terms of their socialization so that I

09:17 - can have a better understanding, not internalize, you know, perhaps some of the dynamics around me in systems, but also it kind of gives me a roadmap of, again, kind of what's ideal, what's the, the society or the world that I wanna live in, right? Is a multiracial multicultural society, and how do we get there? so I think for me, white racial identity theory, given that we tend to otherwise race, right, as sort

09:38 - of race has talked about relative to people of color, right? And air quotes all clumped together. So for Dr. Helms really putting forth the idea that white too is this category and it has meaning and that for white folks, right? They also have a process of identity development that can and should, you know, involve, overcoming the internalization of white supremacy, and also, dynamics, right? That really prioritize whiteness.

10:03 - And in 2020, I think, you know, in the context of the United States in particular, seeing Dr. Helm's work right? Be highlighted again, knowing that she developed this work in the seventies and the eighties, right? Sort of speaks to the power of her legacy and the relevance of her work that is sustained for this amount of time. And that so many scholars, that are notable currently

10:24 - and particular scholars of color really rely on her work, right, as sort of the foundation and basis, for a variety of different, you know, sub-disciplines across the field of psychology.

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