White supremacy is so pernicious, it is so pervasive that I feel comfortable as saying that it is responsible for virtually every ill that we see within our communities.

And you may not be able to directly see

and understand the connection, but it's there.

You'll find it embedded in every system there is.

It's the foundation of governmental policies that disadvantage us.

It lives rent-free in policing systems that target us.

And most dangerously, it has wormed its way like a parasite into the psyche of black America.

So what do you do when the killer is inside the house?

When you begin to internalize that covert anti-Black rhetoric, how do you defend yourself

from the threat within?

I'm Jay from Push Black and today on Black History Year we're talking about the psychological effects of white supremacy.

Joining us today is Dr Kevin Coakley, a scholar, a researcher, and a black psychologist.

That is, he studies a field of psychology that specifically addresses the unique

psychology of black people.

Much of his work centers on the development of black identity and self-concepts,

ideas he extensively explores in his book The Myth Myth of Black Anti Intellectualism.

Through the work of Dr. Coakley and other black psychologists, one thing is clear.

Unshackling the mind and healing the wounds of white supremacy is possible.

You just have to go date within.

Dr. Coakley, what does Black liberation mean to you?

Black liberation to me... what does black liberation mean to you?

Black liberation to me and I say this from the vantage point of a black psychologist and as an African-centered black psychologist,

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