RACIAL MICROAGGRESSIONS IN EVERYDAY LIFEIMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE

April Martin Chartrand, Presenter

COUN 702[02] Dr. Sandra Fitzgerald | San Francisco State University

November 3, 2014

Sue, D., Capodilupo, C., Torino, G., Bucceri, J., Holder, A., Nadal, K., & Esquilin, M. (2007)

PUBLIC EXPOSURE

Why this article?

2012, a year of Sue’s theory!

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WHAT DOES RACE/ETHNICITY HAVE TO DO WITH MICROAGGRESSION - MIDLIFE 34-60 YRS

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Erick Erickson (1902-1994)

Stages of Psychosocial Development

Developmental task

Psychosocial crisis

Central Process

Prime adaptive ego quality

Core Pathology

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MANIFESTING & DECONSTRUCTING

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Microaggression

Microassaults

Microinsult

Microinvalidations

Ascription of Intelligence

INVISIBILITY & DYNAMICS OFRACIAL MICROAGGRESSIONS

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Derald Wing Sue, [an Asian

American] traveled with an African

American colleague on a “hopper”

plane flying to NYC-Boston.

MICROAGGRESSION DILEMMAS

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Dilemma 1: Clash of racial realities

Dilemma 2: Invisibility of unintentional expressions of bias

Dilemma 3: Perceived minimal harm of racial microaggressions

Dilemma 4: Catch-22 of responding

to microaggressions

IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNSELING PRACTICE

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Racial Microaggressions as a barrier to clinical practice

Manifestation of racial microaggressions in counseling/therapy

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COUNSELING IMPLICATIONS & CONCLUSION

Education & training

Research

Final note

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MICROAGGRESSION ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONS

1. Why is it difficult to challenge oppression in your clinical practice personal lives, and community?

2. What steps are you taking to actively disrupt the cycle of oppression to reduce micro aggression in your clinical work and in your life?

3. Do you actively develop friendships with people who don’t share your social identities to unearth stereotypes and to become aware of unconscious prejudice?

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REFERENCES

Sue, D. (2010a). Microaggressions in everyday life: Race, gender, and sexual orientation. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley.

Sue, D. W. & Rivera, D. (2010b). Microaggressions in Everyday Life: A new view on racism, sexism, and heterosexism. Retrieved from http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/microaggressions-in-everyday-life/201011/microaggressions-more-just-race

Sue, D., Capodilupo, C., Torino, G., Bucceri, J., Holder, A., Nadal, K., & Esquilin, M. (2007). Racial Microaggressions In Everyday Life: Implications For Clinical Practice. American Psychologist, 62(4), 271-286.

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