ABSTRACT
Psychoanalytic commitment to diversity has been woefully inadequate, although there are signs today of progressive change. One of the signs of this change is that most psychoanalytic institutes are today eager to train all kinds of people, not just those who are white, culturally Western, and heterosexual. A key feature of interpersonal psychoanalysis is reflected in the dictum "What happened matters". Assessing the "reality" of what "actually" happened is always a complex matter for any psychoanalyst, of course, and interpersonalists are no exception. Some commentators have gone so far as to describe interpersonal psychoanalysis as a trauma theory. The author discusses one of the earliest and brightest lights shined on racism in the entire psychoanalytic literature. She discusses those who suffer the direct effects of racism as victims; but she is just as interested in, and convincing in her portrayal of, hatred and self-hatred in those who must deal with being hated.
