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Constructing a deconstruction: Reflections on dismantling racism
Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping (2015)
  • Bronwyn Cross-Denny
  • Ashleigh Betso
  • Emily Cusick
  • Caitlin Doyle
  • Mikaela Marbot
  • Shauna Santos-Dempsey
Abstract
The article is a reflective narrative regarding the work I do as an ally for change and social justice as a white woman.  In my class on Human Diversity and Social Justice, I often discuss how I can use my white privilege to advance social justice to address racism.  Several students who have taken the class offer their own reflections on taking the class.  Relevant information from the literature is provided to ground the discussion and includes cultural competence, racism, white privilege, and racial identity development.  Strategies for deconstructing racism are discussed.
Keywords
  • Racism,
  • Human Diversity,
  • Cultural Competence,
  • Social Justice
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer 2015
Citation Information
Bronwyn Cross-Denny, Ashleigh Betso, Emily Cusick, Caitlin Doyle, et al.. "Constructing a deconstruction: Reflections on dismantling racism" Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping Vol. 21 Iss. 3 (2015) p. 10 - 18 ISSN: 1080-0220
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/bcrossdenny/17/