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Visibility Of Whiteness: Analyzing White Privilege Among Female Counseling Trainees, Caitlyn Murtha, Tes Tuason Apr 2020

Visibility Of Whiteness: Analyzing White Privilege Among Female Counseling Trainees, Caitlyn Murtha, Tes Tuason

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Interracial dialogues about racial issues are often accompanied by anger, anxiety and guilt. For example, the notion of Whiteness as a privileged status frequently provokes strong negative affect and denial in White persons (Sue, David Rivera, Capodilupo, Lin, & Torino, 2010; Powell, Branscombe, & Schmitt, 2005). McClelland and Linnander (2006) found that interpersonal contact is an important factor in changing racial attitudes among White counseling trainees. The current study sought to examine white female counseling trainees’ written reflections following a personal one-on-one dialogue with culturally different interviewees. Seventeen graduate counseling trainees who self-identified as White and were enrolled in a …