VISTAS Counselor Education and Supervision

VISTAS Online is an innovative publication produced for ACA by Dr. Garry R. Walz and Dr. Jeanne C. Bleuer of Counseling Outfitters, LLC. Its purpose is to provide a means of capturing the ideas, information and experiences generated by the annual ACA Conference and selected ACA Division Conferences. Papers on a program or practice that has been validated through research or experience may also be submitted. This digital collection of peer-reviewed articles is authored by counselors, for counselors. VISTAS Online contains the full text of over 900 proprietary counseling articles published from 2004 to 2017.



The Meaning of Whiteness: Addressing the Taboo in Counselor Education

Krista M. Malott and Tina R. Paone

2011

What does it mean to be White? This was a question made famous in counseling and counseling psychology by Drs. Sue and Sue (2008), who took the inquiry to the streets and to the „average‟ passerby. Responses indicated that Whites—with often hostile reactions to the question—demonstrated limited cognition or understanding of their Whiteness. Conversely, Persons of Color understood all too well the privileges associated with a more pale skin tone as evidenced in Sue and Sue‟s findings.

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