When George Floyd was murdered in May 2020, the outpouring of anger towards those who took his life was also met by a reactive refrain that all lives mattered and that race does not exist. Yet, why is this denial of race, and therefore of racism, still so problematic? One of the reasons is our understanding of race as a construct is incomplete, and this book, A Phenomenology of Racism looks to explore our understanding of race through our experience of conscious and unconsciously internalised racism. Seeing race as a construct of whiteness, of patriarchy and of class superiority, the book recognises how race has defined so many of us; how we may aspire to be racially superior, and how we may suffer the trauma of being racially seen as the other.
This three-hour book launch event expands upon the book’s phenomenological exploration of these themes through the utilisation of often creatively presented personal and case material common to counselling and psychotherapy. This is an event which also recognises that this is a text designed to offer definitive, undeniable proof to the breadth and the experience and existence of racism, a text which will be an essential read for anyone interested in this area of client work within counselling and psychotherapy.
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Dr Dwight Turner is Course Leader on the Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy Course at the University of Brighton, a PhD Supervisor at their Doctoral College, a psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice. His publications include The Psychology of Supremacy (2023), and Intersections of Privilege and Otherness in Counselling and Psychotherapy (2021), which are both published by Routledge, together with several chapters in anthologies on aspects of counselling and psychotherapy, and over 50 academic papers on everything from intersectionality in psychotherapy, to dreamwork, to Afrocentric spirituality. A leading driver in Intersectional Psychotherapy, Dr Turner is an experienced conference speaker, including numerous keynote presentations. Dr Turner has also run workshops for a wide variety of Universities, Charities, and private organisations on issues of race, difference and intersectionality in counselling and psychotherapy.
