The four articles in this Major Contribution represent a major step toward defining, identifying, discussing, and analyzing the many internal and external challenges faced by White individuals on their journeys to developing nonracist and antiracist identities. I attempt to extract important White ally themes from the contributions, indicate areas of concern, stress that being nonracist is not enough, and point to an important area of preparation that would aid White individuals in becoming allies in the struggle for equal rights.
ArredondoP.ToporekR.BrownS. P.JonesJ.LockeD. C.SanchezJ.StadlerH. (1996). Operationalization of the multicultural counseling competencies. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 24, 42–78. doi:10.1002/j.2161-1912.1996.tb00288.x
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AtkinsS. L.FitzpatrickM. R.PoolokasinghamG.LebeauM.SpaniermanL. B. (2017). Make it personal: A qualitative investigation of White counselors’ multicultural awareness development. The Counseling Psychologist, 45, 669–696. doi:10.1177/0011000017719458
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AtkinsonD. R.ThompsonC. E.GrantS. K. (1993). A three-dimensional model for counseling racial/ethnic minorities. The Counseling Psychologist, 22, 257–277. doi:10.1177/0011000093212010
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BellL. A. (2004). Sincere fictions: The pedagogical challenges of preparing white teachers for multicultural classrooms. Equity and Excellence in Education, 35, 236–244. doi:10.1080/713845317
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DovidioJ. F.GaertnerS. L.KawakamiK.HodsonG. (2002). Why can’t we all just get along? Interpersonal biases and interracial distrust. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 8, 88–102. doi:10.1037/1099-9809.8.2.88
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HelmsJ. E. (1993). I also said, “White racial identity influences White researchers.”The Counseling Psychologist, 21, 240–243. doi:10.1177/0011000093212007
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HelmsJ. E. (1995). An update of Helms’ White and People of Color racial identity models. In PonterottoJ. G.CasasJ. M.SuzukiL. A.AlexanderC. M. (Eds.), Handbook of multicultural counseling (pp. 181–198). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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MioJ. S.IwamasaG. (1993). To do or not to do: That is the question for White cross-cultural researchers. The Counseling Psychologist, 21, 197–212. doi:10.1177/0011000093212001
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ParhamT. A. (1993). White researchers conducting multicultural research: Can their efforts be “mo betta?”The Counseling Psychologist, 21, 250–256. doi:10.1177/0011000093212009
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SmithL.Kashubeck-WestS.PaytonG.AdamsE. (2017). White professors teaching about racism: Challenges and rewards. The Counseling Psychologist. 45, 651–668. doi:10.1177/0011000017717705
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SpaniermanL. B.PoteatV. P.WhittakerV. A.SchlosserL. Z.Arévalo AvalosM. R. (2017). Allies for life? Lessons from White scholars of multicultural psychology. The Counseling Psychologist, 45, 618–650. doi:10.1177/0011000017719459
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SpaniermanL. B.SmithL. (2017). Roles and responsibilities of White allies: Implications for research, teaching, and practice. The Counseling Psychologist, 45, 606–617. doi:10.1177/0011000017717712
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SueD. W. (1993). Confronting ourselves: The White and ethnic minority researcher. The Counseling Psychologist, 21, 244–249. doi:10.1177/0011000093212008
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SueD. W. (2015). Race talk and the conspiracy of silence. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
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SueD. W.TorinoG. C.CapodilupoC. M.RiveraD. P.LinA. I. (2009). How White faculty perceive and react to classroom dialogues on race: Implications for education and training, The Counseling Psychologist, 37, 1090–1115. doi:10.1177/001100009340443
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TatumB. D. (1997). Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?New York, NY: Basic Books.
