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date: 30 January 2018

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The purpose of this chapter is to explore the social and psychological etiology of racism, to explicate racism as a public health pathogen (i.e., how racism harms our society), and to examine the controversy of whether racism can be considered, in some instances, a personality disorder or other form of psychopathology.

Keywords: racism, personality disorder, personality

Carl C. Bell

Carl C. Bell, Community Mental Health Council, Chicago, IL

Edward Dunbar

Edward Dunbar, Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

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