Research shouldn't be a dirty thought, but race is a problematic construct
South African Journal of Psychology, 2019•journals.sagepub.com
The use of race in research is always problematic as it is loaded with dangers and
unforeseeable consequences. Where race (or ethnicity interpreted as colour-based) is used
as a variable or an 'explanation', politically constructed racial categories are reproduced,
thereby perpetuating stigma, discrimination, and racism. It was precisely this use of race that
was exemplified in the recent publication, and subsequent retraction, of an article by
Nieuwoudt, Dickie, Coetsee, Engelbrecht, and Terblanche (2019), titled,'Age-and education …
unforeseeable consequences. Where race (or ethnicity interpreted as colour-based) is used
as a variable or an 'explanation', politically constructed racial categories are reproduced,
thereby perpetuating stigma, discrimination, and racism. It was precisely this use of race that
was exemplified in the recent publication, and subsequent retraction, of an article by
Nieuwoudt, Dickie, Coetsee, Engelbrecht, and Terblanche (2019), titled,'Age-and education …
The use of race in research is always problematic as it is loaded with dangers and unforeseeable consequences. Where race (or ethnicity interpreted as colour-based) is used as a variable or an ‘explanation’, politically constructed racial categories are reproduced, thereby perpetuating stigma, discrimination, and racism. It was precisely this use of race that was exemplified in the recent publication, and subsequent retraction, of an article by Nieuwoudt, Dickie, Coetsee, Engelbrecht, and Terblanche (2019), titled,‘Age-and education-related effects on cognitive functioning in Colored South African women’, as published in the journal Aging, Neuropsychology, and
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