COLONIALITY UNDER EXAMINATION THROUGH THE PRISM OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Modernity and coloniality have an interdependent relationship that defines who are considered "humans" and the "primitive" dehumanized, through ethnic-racial, sexual, spiritual classifications of humanity. In this theoretical essay, we conducted a narrative literature review to examine coloniality through the theoretical-conceptual field of social psychology. In order to illustrate the power of this interdependence, we highlight the central importance of race-ethnicity in the historiography of modern psychology in Brazil. Finally, we analyze the phenomenon of coloniality in relation to the language of ethnic-racial humanization-dehumanization, grounding ourselves in the psychological theories of social identity and essentialism. From this historical and theoretical perspective, it is possible to identify the psychosocial effects of coloniality and racism that are based on stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination, humanizing privileged groups and dehumanizing subordinate groups, aiming to maintain the status quo.
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