Silence is violence: (critical) psychology in an era of Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fall

What is it about?

The Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fall movements in South Africa has put decolonization onto the public agenda. This article wonders if critical psychology is living up to its theoretical promises of being a resource for radical social change. If not, institutional silences then morph into forms of violence against oppressed (black) people, because professional silences are not 'neutral', they are passively maintain the status quo.

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Why is it important?

This editorial is published against the recent backdrop of student protests in South Africa - the largest in post-1994 history - and is an urgent call for psychology as a discipline to respond swiftly and with support to the decolonization movement.