RESUMO
During the past 2 years our American collective has seen a return to political demonstrations and increased activities towards a deepening consciousness related to raciality. This article asks that we look at racism within the contexts of our collective American psychology and our personhood. This perspective considers Jungian psychology and its influences on the development of this form of psychoanalysis in America. Is this the work of psychology-to increase understanding and compassion among individuals of different ethnicities? The article explores the grievous and grief that is a necessary aspect of racial suffering for individuals of color. The individuation that Jungian psychology oftentimes references can be applied to the individual personhood of those within an Africanist cultural group. Discussion in the article acknowledges this inclusion as well as the idea of furthering a consciousness of Africanist people as valued members of American society.