Explorations in Diversity: Examining Privilege and Oppression in a Mul

This unique text features personal accounts from mental health professionals, professors and students facing issues of privilege and oppression in our diverse society. In this collection of articles, writers discuss discoveries and experiences about their own privileges and oppression, and ultimately, the compassion they've developed for individuals confronted with discrimination. Each essay will inspire you to reflect on your own encounters with privilege and oppression, while discussion questions at the end of each story provide an opportunity to process these issues on a personal level. By studying these revealing stories of insight and understanding, you'll learn how to recognize, examine, and finally, come to terms with your own privileges and discrimination - allowing you to become a stronger, more acute, and more effective practitioner of the helping professions.

Preface.About the Contributors.Part I: STORIES OF PRIVILEGE.Introduction to Part I.1. Stories of White Privilege.An Awakening to Privilege, Oppression, and Discrimination: Val's Story; Sharon's Story, Sharon K. Anderson and Valerie A. Middleton. White Out: Privilege and Its Problems, Heidi A. Zetzer. Supposed to Know Better: On Accepting Privilege - Deborah Megivern. White Male Privilege in the Context of My Life, Rich Furman. 2. Stories of Socioeconomic Privilege.Understanding and Experiencing Class Privilege, Colleen Loomis. Stories of Able-Bodied Privilege. Seeing Through Another Lens, Kaying Lo. Dirty Secrets and Unholy Unions: Disability-Based Oppression and Privilege, Paul E. Priester.3. Stories of Heterosexual and Cisgender Privilege. Increasing Awareness of Heterosexism and Homophobia: A Personal and Professional Exploration, Allison L. Cashwell. Reflections on Heterosexual Privilege, S. Cherice Sommer, Suzanne M. Weatherman, and Deborah L. Cox. How I Became a Counseling Professional Lesbian: Privilege and Challenges, Joy S. Whitman. Head Ladies Center for Teacup Chain: Exploring Cisgender Privilege in a (Predominately) Gay Male Context, N. Eugene Walls and Kelly Costello. Marriage: The New Frontier, Jessica Pettitt.4. Stories of Male Privilege and Sexism.Men Can't Be Raped: The Challenge of Sexism in Counseling, Heather Trepal. Exploring Male Privilege: Journey of Two White Middle-Class Men, David H. Whitcomb and James A. Cummings. How I Got My Wings, Carol L. Langer. Article. The Journey to Understanding Privilege: A Meta-Narrative Approach, Valerie A. Middleton, James H. Banning, Sharon K. Anderson, and Christine Paguyo. Part II: STORIES OF ASSUMED PRIVILEGE (RACISM, HETEROSEXISM, AND AGEISM)Introduction to Part II Valerie A. Middleton and Sharon K. Anderson.Assumed Privilege: A Double-Edged Sword, Allan E. Barsky. Who, Me? White?: The Process of Acknowledging and Challenging Racial Privilege, Helen G. Deines. No Parece: The Privilege and Prejudice Inherent in Being a Light-Skinned Latino Without an Accent, Edward A. Delgado-Romero. Ageism: The -Ism" We Will All Face One Day, Jacqueline J. Peila-Shuster. Part III: STORIES OF INTERNALIZED OPPRESSION, ACCULTURATION, AND ASSIMILATION AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF IDENTITY.Oppression of the Spirit: Complexities in the Counseling Encounter, Dibya Choudhuri.Acculturation and Identity: Intra-Ethnic Distinctions Among Mexican Americans, Genaro Gonzales. Unmasking Within-Group Prejudice: A Case Study, Felice Lichaw and Marya Howell-Carter.Part IV: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES: STORIES OF PRIVILEGE, ACCULTURATION, AND ASSIMILATION.Deprivations and Privileges We All Have, Ma. Teresa Tuason. Navigating Oppression, Power and Privilege in Academia: An International Perspective, Saliwe Kawewe.Going through Cultural Barriers in Counseling, Ruth Chao. Elaborating a different "Yes, But": Complexities of race, sexuality and class in the counseling setting, Damien W. Riggs.Part V: STORIES OF PERSONAL COMPASSION AND BEING ALLIES.Personal Compassion and Alliance Building: Observations of an Asian American Professor, Matthew R. Mock. Tales from the Heart of Dixie: Using White Privilege to Right Racism, Becky J. Liddle. Yes, I see You're Committed to the Cause, But Where's Your Credibility, and Why That Angst? David MacPhee. A Multicultural Unity Group for Graduate Students, Barbara Gormley.Glossary. Index."