2021
DOI: 10.1177/0533316421992438
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The white mirror: Face to face with racism in group analysis part 2—mainly practice

Abstract: This is my second article about a form of group mirroring I have called the white mirror. The previous article focused on underpinning theory. This article is practice oriented. I argue that the white mirror is a defensive structure, primarily functioning to prevent white group members, including the conductor(s) from coming face to face with the reality of racism. It mirrors projections in the form of racist stereotypes for black members to internalize in their position as the location of disturbance. I highl… Show more

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“…When my child was assaulted, GA was silent. This is slowly changing, although GA has still not satisfactorily addressed racism (Aiyegebusi, 2021a).…”
Section: Convergence and Divergence Of Experiencesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…When my child was assaulted, GA was silent. This is slowly changing, although GA has still not satisfactorily addressed racism (Aiyegebusi, 2021a).…”
Section: Convergence and Divergence Of Experiencesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sustained action to counter racialized misogyny is much more than a hyper-vigilance of recognition. Given that we are all inevitably implicated in intersectional racist misogyny, it is inevitable that 'systems of segregation, ghettoization or colonization are replicated in analytic groups' (Aiyegbusi, 2021a(Aiyegbusi, , 2021b. The scaffolding that supports group analytic thinking and practices must grapple with the aporetic that emancipatory metanarratives are 'implicated in the narrative it criticizes' (Caselli, 2005: 105).…”
Section: Racist Misogynist Psychic Structuresmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A survey in 2018 found a relatively small number of articles on race and racism in this journal, Group Analysis. However, more recently the issues of race and racism have been elaborated here, particularly over the last three years: (Kinouani, 2020a and 2020b; Blackwell, 2020a and 2020b; Dalal, 2021; Stevenson, 2021 and 2022; Nayak, 2021; Kent, 2021; Aiyegbusi, 2021a and 2021b; Benjamin and Tucker, 2021; Dizadji F, 2022) and so it might be claimed they are now part of the literature of group analysis. Yet they remain largely ignored and disregarded.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%