Colonialism and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Art Blume, Ph.D., is an American Indian psychologist and Professor of Clinical Psychology at Washington State University. He has been honored as a fellow of the American Psychological Association and as a past recipient of the Trimble and Horvath award for significant contributions to Indigenous psychology. He has authored or edited six books, including, A new psychology based on community, equality, and care of the Earth, and Indigenous Relapse Prevention, as well as over 100 scholarly publications at the intersection of multicultural psychology and health. He served as the 2020 president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race (Division 45 of the American Psychological Association) and is also a past president of the Society of Indian Psychologists.

• Chapter 1. Colonialism and Pandemics.- Chapter 2. The Colonial War with the Environment.- Chapter 3. The Colonial Economics of COVID-19.- Chapter 4. Colonial -isms and COVID-19.- Chapter 5. Colonialism, COVID-19, and Education.- Chapter 6. Health Disparities and COVID-19.- Chapter 7. Colonialism, Treatments, and Vaccinations.- Chapter 8. Colonial Suffrage.- Chapter 9. Colonial Privilege and COVID-19.- Chapter 10. COVID-19 Created Opportunities.- Chapter 11. Indigenous Psychology and the Next Pandemic.