ERIC Number: EJ777633
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Oct
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White Middle-Class Privilege: Social Class Bias and Implications for Training and Practice
Liu, William Ming; Pickett, Theodore, Jr.; Ivey, Allen E.
Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, v35 n4 p194 Oct 2007
Social class, classism, and privilege and their relationship to counseling have been given insufficient attention. This article defines and explores White middle-class privilege; it proffers support for its integration in a multicultural competency, as well as its intersection with race and other dimensions of multiculturalism and privilege. Implications for counseling practice plus a clinical case study illustrate the issues.
Descriptors: Counseling Theories, Social Class, Cultural Pluralism, Whites, Middle Class Culture, Case Studies, Social Mobility, Racial Bias, Counselor Training, Social Bias, Counselor Attitudes
American Counseling Association. 5999 Stevenson Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22304. Tel: 800-422-2648; Tel: 800-347-6647; Fax: 800-473-2329; Web site: http://www.counseling.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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