Dr. Dennis Ausar Winkler: The African American Identity Crisis

<p>Dr. Dennis Ausar Winkler: The African American Identity CrisisIn this conversation, we sit down with Dr. Dennis Ausar Winkler—psychologist, educator, and Pan-African thinker—to examine the psychological roots of identity confusion among African-descended people in the U.S.Drawing from African-centered psychology, race-based trauma research, and cultural analysis, Dr. Winkler explains how history, culture, and spirituality shape mental health and identity. We explore culture as an immune system (Marimba Ani), internalized anti-Africanism, and the impact of movements like ADOS and FBA on identity formation and community cohesion.We also discuss the contrast between growing Pan-Africanism on the continent and resistance to it in the U.S., and what it will take—psychologically and culturally—to build a grounded, unapologetic African identity.</p>