Liberation, not representation: Empty diversity efforts as colonial stabilization (and what we should [start to] do about it)

Abstract

ABSTRACT The paper argues that in this “zero-gravity moment” we should resist the urge to rely solely on what is described as non-structural, and therefore, “empty” diversity efforts that focus only on representational politics. The concept of Diversity Ideology is explored and used to explicate why diversification efforts in psychoanalytic training programs and organizations are constitutively poised to fail.