Recent research in developmental psychology situates human development in ecological systems. While culturally sensitive variants of ecological systems theory take important strides in identifying how racialization structures the world in which youth develop, limits remain for critical researchers interested in humanity transformation projects. A fundamental error is being made when modern/colonial capitalist Man remains the unquestioned representative of the human. Accordingly, we discuss the case of anti-Blackness in the ecology of Black youth’s development and its origins with the natural slave, arguing that the child–adult trajectory is distorted for Black youth. We argue that anti-Blackness is inextricably tied to capitalism’s historical development and that developmental psychologists concerned with humanization can adopt a decolonial attitude in service of that goal. For developmental psychologists concerned with humanity transformation, we propose a step back from the dominant approach in developmental psychology to better afford an actional stance.

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儿童体验中的摩尼教分裂：反黑人世界中的发展心理学

发展心理学的最新研究将人类发展置于生态系统中。虽然生态系统理论的文化敏感变体在确定种族化如何构建青年发展的世界方面取得了重要进展，但对人类转型项目感兴趣的关键研究人员仍然存在局限性。当现代/殖民资本主义人仍然是人类无可置疑的代表时，就犯了一个根本错误。据此，我们讨论了黑人青年发展生态中的反黑人案例及其与自然奴隶的起源，认为儿童-成人的轨迹对黑人青年来说是扭曲的。我们认为反黑人与资本主义的历史发展密不可分，关注人性化的发展心理学家可以采取去殖民化的态度来实现这一目标。对于关注人类转型的发展心理学家，我们建议从发展心理学中的主导方法退后一步，以更好地采取行动立场。