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May 9, 1959
Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
What is this article about?
Psychoanalyst Dr. Rodgers discusses how active racist leaders are often emotionally disturbed, with exceptions based on economic opposition to integration. In the South, whites' unfounded belief in Negro happiness leads to envy and hatred from repressive backgrounds, as seen in a former patient's projection of personal hatred onto Black people.
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Experience showed that active racist leaders were usually emotionally disturbed.
He said there were certain exceptions, such as persons whose opposition to integration was calculated and economically determined.
In the South, Dr. Rodgers said he had found the general unfounded deep feeling on the part of the whites that the Negro was happy and unrepressed. Those of the Southerners whose background and parental training had been rigid and repressive felt an envy of the Negro which the white person self-righteously translated into scorn and hatred, the analyst explained.
It is from this group that the rabid racist such as his former patient emerges, he asserted. In the case of this patient, his loss of control through certain intolerable events caused him to project his feeling of hatred for his training and his father toward the vulnerable object - the Negro.
He said there were certain exceptions, such as persons whose opposition to integration was calculated and economically determined.
In the South, Dr. Rodgers said he had found the general unfounded deep feeling on the part of the whites that the Negro was happy and unrepressed. Those of the Southerners whose background and parental training had been rigid and repressive felt an envy of the Negro which the white person self-righteously translated into scorn and hatred, the analyst explained.
It is from this group that the rabid racist such as his former patient emerges, he asserted. In the case of this patient, his loss of control through certain intolerable events caused him to project his feeling of hatred for his training and his father toward the vulnerable object - the Negro.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Medical Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Madness
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Racist Leaders
Emotional Disturbance
Southern Whites
Envy Of Negroes
Psychological Projection
Repressive Upbringing
What entities or persons were involved?
Dr. Rodgers
His Former Patient
Where did it happen?
The South
Story Details
Key Persons
Dr. Rodgers
His Former Patient
Location
The South
Story Details
Dr. Rodgers analyzes racist leaders as emotionally disturbed individuals, often from repressive Southern backgrounds envious of perceived Negro happiness, projecting personal hatred onto Black people, as exemplified by a former patient.