Counselling and Racism: Raising Our Awareness
What would be your reaction if someone you knew and respected called you a racist? Would you be gobsmacked? Bewildered as to what you could have said or done that made you seem racist? Or perhaps infuriated that someone could think that you, in all probability a staunch promoter of social justice ideals, could actually demean a human being in a racist way? All of these, along with a robust dose of denial, are likely to have been part of your response. And in terms of the overt, in-your-face action that we most readily associate with racism, you are likely correct; you are probably not a racist. »
