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White Professors Teaching About Racism

Challenges and Rewards

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ID8914832
AuthorsLaura Smith (0000-0001-5151-8641, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, corresponding author), Susan Kashubeck‐west (0000-0001-9045-605X, University of Missouri–St. Louis), Susan Kashubeck-West (University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA), Gregory Payton (Columbia University, New York, NY, USA), Gregory J Payton (Columbia University), Eve M Adams (New Mexico State University), Eve Adams (New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA)
Year2017
Volume45
Issue5
Pages651-668
Publication date2017-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Counseling Psychologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-0000 • E-ISSN: 1552-3861
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0011000017717705
OpenAlexW2747536954
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited34

One of the complexities of multicultural teaching is that course content inevitably relates to personal experiences of privilege and oppression among both students and professors. Even when professors have benefitted from their own multicultural training, teaching about race and racism presents particular challenges to different professors based upon their own social locations. In this article, we answer the following question: What personal and professional challenges can White professors expect when they work as social justice educators? The authors present relevant considerations and illustrate them with examples from their own teaching experiences

Criminology · Higher education · Multicultural education · Multiculturalism · Oppression · Pedagogy · Politics · Privilege (computing · Race (biology · Racial bias · Racism · Social justice · Sociology · White (mutation · White privilege · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

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Unique citing works36
Citations per year4
Citation span2017 - 2026 (10)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 36

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