UC-Irvine professor, 'Father of black psychology,' dies on plane trip
UC Irvine Professor Emeritus Joseph L. White, known as the “father of black psychology” for his pioneering work in the field, has died.
In his career, White was a faculty member and administrator at Cal State Long Beach, and at his alma matter campus in San Francisco.
White was aboard a plane, traveling from Orange County to Chicago, when he died from a heart attack on Nov. 21, UCI officials said. He was 84.
White is remembered by colleagues and friends as a trailblazer who challenged the way psychologists treat African Americans.
“Traditional psychology is based on the norms and customs and values of European American people,” Thomas Parham, a UCI vice chancellor, said on Friday. “What Dr. White argued is that when you use traditional theories developed by white folks and then apply them to black folks, we come out looking pathological.”
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