William Ryan | |
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| Born | September 20, 1923 |
| Died | June 7, 2002 |
| Known for | Idea of "Victim blaming" |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Boston University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Psychologist |
| Institutions | Boston College |
| Notable works | Blaming the Victim |
William J. Ryan, Jr. (September 20, 1923 – June 7, 2002) was a psychologist, civil rights activist and author. He is best known for his exposure of the sociological phenomenon of "blaming the victim", which was first published in his 1971 book of the same name. Ryan's work is considered a major structuralist rebuttal to the Moynihan Report.[1] Moynihan's report placed most of the blame for African-American poverty rates on the rise of single-parent households, which Ryan rejected as an example of blaming the victim.
- ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (9 February 2015). "Don't Be Like That". The New Yorker. Retrieved 9 April 2017.