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Black Lives Matter

Cofiwch George Floyd

Psychologists for Social Change Cymru exists to speak out against injustice and discrimination. We stand in solidarity with our black friends, colleagues, families and communities in protest against the killing of George Floyd and countless others before him. These deaths represent injustice that has been present throughout our history and is still present today, including here in Wales. 

We know both applied and academic psychology replicates this injustice, predominantly through a chronic lack of workforce diversity, but we are determined not to be part of the collective and systemic silencing. Endemic racism cannot continue to fester, and we recognise we all have a duty to use our position to be active in amplifying the oppressed and marginalised voices in the fields of psychology, within our research, our clinical work and society more broadly.


We condemn the disproportionate disadvantage that people of BAME heritage have faced at the hands of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how this is symptomatic of the structural racism that has existed for centuries in terms of access to education, healthcare, housing and economic and political power. This systemic inequity has also meant that people of colour are over-represented as users of mental health services, and are more likely be subject to mental health act detentions, restraint and seclusions. 

George Floyd’s cry of ‘I can’t breathe’ resonates now more than ever, as the pandemic takes the breath, and the lives, of so many people of BAME heritage. Our goal is to stand united, to promote connection, understanding and create a world which is more just, equal and kind - 

​Not just right now, but always.

                                                                         Cofiwch George Floyd - Remember George Floyd
In recognition of the harmful ways psychology contributes to this institutional and structural racism, (a few places to read about this are in a recent letter from the Minorities Group, a special issue of Clinical Psychology Forum, and Wood & Patel, 2017) and the huge impact this has on people’s experiences of health and wellbeing, education, justice and civil society - we are joining the call for a more active stance in opposing racial injustice. It is no longer enough to be “not racist”, we must be actively anti-racist.

Educate Yourself - 
Here is a collection of anti-racist books, podcasts, Netflix shows and more. This is a useful article on White privilege and allyship.
More ways you can help are 
here. 

What is Privilege?

“If we think our profession is not rife with racism and discrimination we are deluded. We are comfortable and complacent, exclusive and excluding.”
​
Daiches  Golding, Editorial to Clinical Psychology Forum, 2005

“Psychologists have too often retreated behind blanket denials that the discipline is in any way political. This defence is simply no longer credible”
Ron Roberts, 2012
We are currently creating a blog space to share our stories of racial injustice and white privilage. If you would like to contribute please email paasouthwales@gmail.com or join our whatsapp group 

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    • England >
      • North East >
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        • Yorks and Humber
        • Leeds
      • North West >
        • A North West Just Recovery following coronavirus
        • Manchester- PSPO letter
      • Midlands >
        • Midlands
        • Leicester
      • South East >
        • East Anglia
        • Hertfordshire
        • London
        • Oxford
        • Suffolk
        • Surrey
        • Sussex
      • South West >
        • Bristol and Bath
        • South West
    • Ireland
    • Northern Ireland
    • Jersey
    • Scotland
    • Wales - Cymru >
      • ECT Suspension
      • Elections 2021
      • Black Lives Matter
      • COVID 19 and Internet Access
      • Building Resilience and Community Wellbeing
      • Save the T4CYP Programme
      • Support the Mind over matter Report
      • Social and Political Causes of Poor Mental Health
      • Responding to Austerity and Mental Health in Wales - Accessible Document
      • UN Report on Extreme Poverty in the UK Letter
  • Blog
  • Position statements
    • Racism is Not Entertainment
    • Response to Panorama: Undercover Hospital Abuse Scandal
    • Letter to Jeremy Hunt
    • UK Government Green Paper, Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision
    • Esther McVey: PSC and RITB response
  • Campaigns
    • Structural racism demands a structural response
    • Embed anti-racism in the NHS
    • COVID-19 >
      • Mutual Aid
      • COVID and mental health
    • PSC Manifesto 2019
    • Visioning a new education system
    • New Savoy Conference Statement
    • Formulating Policy >
      • Origins of Happiness? PSC response
      • Basic Income: Psychological Impact Assessment
    • Preaching to the Non-Converted
    • Psychologists Against Austerity >
      • Austerity Briefing Paper
      • Everyday Austerity
    • Private Health Watch
  • Join our mailing list