The Trauma of Racism: Implications for Counseling, Research, and Education

Autor/inn/en	Bryant-Davis, Thema; Ocampo, Carlota
Titel	The Trauma of Racism: Implications for Counseling, Research, and Education
Quelle	In: Counseling Psychologist, 33 (2005) 4, S.574-578 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-0000
DOI	10.1177/0011000005276581
Schlagwörter	Psychological Patterns; Emotional Response; Racial Bias; Counseling; Counseling Psychology; Counselors; Psychologists; Racial Discrimination; Guidelines; Antisocial Behavior; Counseling Techniques; Identification + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Emotionales Verhalten; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Counselling; Beratung; Counselling psychology; Beratungspsychologie; Counselor; Counsellor; Counsellors; Berater; Psychologist; Psychologe; Psychologin; Racial bias; Richtlinien; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Identifikation; Identifizierung
Abstract	Considering the barriers to discussions of racism, this document starts by acknowledging appreciation for the feedback and insights of the editors of "The Counseling Psychologist" as well as those of the responders. Spanierman and Poteat (2005 [this issue]) note that racist incidents are "most easily comparable with the established notion of trauma when they are overt and distinct events experienced directly by an individual. Divergence from one or more of these characteristics makes the comparison with the traditional understanding of trauma less direct" (p. 517). In short, racist incidents perpetrated at the individual level by an overtly racist perpetrator that involve verbal, physical, or some other type of abuse or assault fit the standard definition of trauma. In fact, these incidents would be traumatic regardless of the motivation (racist or otherwise). However, viewing racist incidents through the narrow lens of overt, individual racism removes the responsibility of action against covert and/or institutionalized racism. To assist counselors and researchers in identifying potentially traumatic racist incidents that are nonphysical and/or covert, three pointers for psychologists to consider in addition to severity, as it is traditionally understood, with every trauma survivor, are provided. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10