1st Edition
The Jungian Psychology of White Privilege Colin Kaepernick, the NFL Anthem Protests, and the Visceral Lethality of Eliminationist Violence
Sensitive language: Two notes from the writer
Introduction. Pre-game notes on racism in America and the white response to Kaepernick and the NFL anthem protests
1 White privilege and punitive policing: Living while black
2 White fragility: The shadow and the fear of going black
3 Shame and the white self: American slavery may have ended, but the racist mindset that powered it lives on
4 White Christian nationalism, eliminationist violence, and the Black Other as the origin of America
Conclusion. Post-game notes on the white response to Kaepernick and the NFL anthem protest: Masculine shame and the murder of Sonya Massey
Biography
Dennis Pottenger is a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist who works with trauma, identity, and diversity issues. He is the author of Alchemy, Jung, and Remedios Varo: Cultural Complexes and the Redemptive Power of the Abjected Feminine, a research monograph published in Routledge’s Research in Analytical Psychology and Jungian Studies series in 2021.
