The Substantiation of the Cress Theory of Color Confrontation: Connecting Independent Black Scholarship to White Supremacist Ideology

4 Pages Posted: 30 Dec 2023 Last revised: 8 Apr 2024

Date Written: December 27, 2023

Abstract

This paper seeks to empirically validate Dr. Frances Cress Welsing's groundbreaking "Cress Theory of Color Confrontation" by analyzing contemporary white supremacist rhetoric. Drawing parallels between Welsing's identification of subconscious racial anxiety and the core tenets of the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory, this research underscores the psychological underpinnings of racism. The alignment of independent Black scholarship with inadvertent affirmations by white supremacists challenges conventional externalized conceptions of racism. By integrating psychoanalytic perspectives, as pioneered by Welsing, this paper aims to enrich social scientific explanations of prejudice and stimulate interdisciplinary interest in Welsing’s seminal contributions.

Keywords: Racism, Great Replacement Theory, Color Confrontation Theory

Suggested Citation

Breckenridge, Jason, The Substantiation of the Cress Theory of Color Confrontation: Connecting Independent Black Scholarship to White Supremacist Ideology (December 27, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4677686 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4677686

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