“There Isn’t a Racist Bone in My Body!”: A Case Study on Fostering Anti-Racism in School Counseling

Clemons, Krystal L.; Cokley, Raven K.

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“…Society systematically refuses to honor Black humanity, specifically the examination of treatment that Black students experience in schools (Clemons & Cokely, 2022; Dumas & Ross, 2016; Leigh & Davis, 2017; Watson & Baxley, 2021). Racism is structural and pervasive within educational systems in the US (Dumas & Ross, 2016; Holcomb‐McCoy, 2004; Leigh & Davis, 2017; Little & Welsh, 2022).…”

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“…Types of anti‐Black antagonism in schools include physical, symbolic, linguistic, curricular/pedagogical, and systemic violence (Boutte & Bryan, 2019). These forms of violence denigrate Black culture (e.g., language expression, dress, and music) (Clemons & Cokley, 2022; Hatton & Clemons, 2022; Juvonen et al., 2018; Leigh & Davis, 2017; Ritter & Anderson, 2018). Culture powerfully influences student attitudes and behaviors, and school counselors must engage in culturally sustaining practices that work to eradicate anti‐Blackness (American School Counselor Association [ASCA], 2021a; 2021b).…”

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“…The disproportionate numbers of Black and Brown children in gifted, special, and higher education and the inequitable discipline rates are a few of the ways systemic racism manifests in school systems (Hatton & Clemons, 2022). There is a documented underrepresentation of Black, Latinx, and Native students in gifted programs; therefore, ASCA (2019d) promoted that the school counselor's role is to maximize access to gifted programs and advanced courses for all minoritized students (Clemons & Cokley, 2022). This misalignment between the purpose of school counselors to address inequities and the maldistribution of resources surfaced in the ASCA School Counselors Addressing Racism and Bias (2022b) research report, which surveyed 6000 ASCA members about their knowledge and implementation of diverse and inclusive school counseling curriculum.…”

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“…Holcomb‐McCoy (2021) described the practice of antiracism within education as the interrogation and destruction of educational policies that uphold racist perspectives, such as Eurocentric curricula, standardized testing, and discipline. Incorporating antiracism in school counseling requires a thorough understanding of the racism and anti‐Blackness interwoven throughout the policies and practices in United States (US) school systems and, thereby, school counseling (Clemons & Cokley, 2022). Calls for incorporating antiracist school counseling require a clear definition that can be operationalized and integrated within school policy, school counseling practice, and counselor education.…”

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Antiracist school counseling: A consensual qualitative study

Leigh-Osroosh

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School counselors have a unique role as frontline advocates and change agents who work toward addressing systemic inequities within K-12 education (Placeres et al., 2022). Racism is the systemic prioritization of Whiteness as the standard of humanness, success, and well-being. School counselors are responsible for resisting racism in the support of the wellness of all students. This consensual qualitative study examined the question, what is antiracist school counseling? Four focus groups (N = 17) were conducted within the School Counseling Interest Network (SCIN), a subgroup of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES). The resulting four domains, such as anti-Blackness, knowledge, action, and responsibility, describe antiracist school counseling. Implications for counselor education, research, and practice are discussed. K E Y W O R D Santi-Blackness, antiracist, consensual qualitative research, school counseling Antiracism inherently and actively deconstructs racist policies, procedures, and systems to allocate resources and power equitably (Johnson, Brookover, et al., 2022;Johnson, Ieva, et al., 2022). Holcomb-McCoy (2021) described the practice of antiracism within education as the interrogation and destruction of educational policies that uphold racist perspectives, such as Eurocentric curricula, standardized testing, and discipline. Incorporating antiracism in school counseling requires a thorough understanding of the racism and

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Section: Anti‐blackness Within School Policymentioning

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“…By its very nature, antiracism is the active dismantling of racist policies, procedures, and systems in order to equitably distribute resources and power. To apply antiracism to school counseling, understanding of the racist policies and practices that permeate US school systems, and thereby school counseling, is necessary (Clemons & Cokley, 2022). For example, dress code policies are often examples of racism and anti‐Blackness in schools, as student appearances which differ from white heterosexual standards are more often targeted by school administrations as rule violations (Martin & Brooks, 2020; Pettway, 2017).…”

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Antiracism internship: Applying the ecological social justice school counseling theory

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Gantt-Howrey

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This manuscript describes an empirically designed internship course that utilized the Ecological Social Justice School Counseling theory to teach internship students how to engage in antiracist practice to address social determinants of health in schools. The research reports on the eight school counseling internship students' experiences, through five themes and 12 subthemes, highlighting the ways they increased awareness of SDOH, antiracist practice, and related constructs at their schools and with students including their action toward addressing SDOH, advocacy, barriers, and growth. Implications for counselor educators and site supervisors conclude. K E Y W O R D Santiracism, ecological social justice school counseling, school counseling internship, social determinants of health Antiracism is rooted in action and is a process of actively identifying and opposing racism in all forms. Negatively influenced by systemic racism, the social determinants of health (SDOH) adversely impact vulnerable and underserved students and families (SDOH;Hassen et al., 2021). SDOH are conditions in the environments in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age that affect health, wellbeing, and quality of life outcomes and risks. They are typically divided into the five domains of economic stability, education, social and community context, health and health care, and neighborhood and built environment (Healthy People 2030, n.d.). The SDOH are particularly influential for children including physical and mental health outcomes, educational opportunity gaps, and adverse health outcomes that have a lasting impact into adulthood (Healthy People 2030, n.d.).This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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“There Isn’t a Racist Bone in My Body!”: A Case Study on Fostering Anti-Racism in School Counseling

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Antiracist school counseling: A consensual qualitative study

Antiracist school counseling: A consensual qualitative study

Antiracism internship: Applying the ecological social justice school counseling theory

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