In this presentation, I will introduce an example for (re)formulating ‘power from below’ to study of asymmetrical intergroup relations by shifting our conceptual lens toward anticolonial and critical race approaches. For a contextualized grasp of ‘power from below’, I will draw on the qualitative and quantitative findings on Kurdish understandings of power, a research line that I have been pursuing with Kurds in Turkey and Bakur Kurdistan since 2019. Specifically, we will learn about different components of ingroup power as conceived by Kurds and their links to Kurdishness. Such a contextualized use of anticolonial and critical race approaches to dismantle mainstream social psychology will allow researchers to prioritize the marginalized indigenous epistemologies in understanding asymmetrical power relationships and support them in building creative coalitions with communities to forge new ways of collective empowerment in communities’ search for liberation against racial oppression and colonial domination.