Qualitative Psychology, Vol 12(2), Jun 2025, 123-128; doi:10.1037/qup0000336
Racism has persisted since the inception of what we now call the United States, causing immeasurable collective violence and trauma among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). Although large-scale resistance among BIPOC communities have led to historical landmark legislation and policies, this is currently being threatened by the same White supremacist ideologies on which the United States was built. Using robust methods to capture the effects of racism in the here-and-now is crucial not only to bear witness to the violence and trauma it causes but also to better understand BIPOC communities’ commitment to thrive, pursue justice, and experience joy and pleasure. Qualitative methods present rich approaches that embody the multidimensional experiences of marginalized members of society. It is our hope that this collection of articles document (1) the power of qualitative methods in understanding the impact of racism within BIPOC communities, (2) anti-racist frameworks that can be used by all qualitative researchers regardless of their method, and (3) ways in which BIPOC researchers are expanding qualitative methods to engage in anti-racist scholarship. As you read these articles, we urge you to see this special issue as the beginning of many conversations about how qualitative methods are not only useful but are robust approaches to document both the impact of racism on BIPOC communities and ways to be anti-racist scholars. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)