Preventing prejudice : a guide for counselors, educators, and parents
Presents an overview of prejudice and racism. This text also includes practical tools for combating prejudice development in children, adolescents and adults. It emphasizes the critical role counselors, educators, and parents must play in the fight against prejudice and racism.
Print Book, English, ©2006
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, Calif., ©2006
xxx, 358 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780761928188, 0761928189
1048625841
Part I : Prejudice and racism : prevalence and consequences
Understanding prejudice and racism
Some historical background on the origins and evolution of racial prejudice
Causes and consequences of racial prejudice
Part II : Racial, biracial, multiracial, and lesbian and gay identity development and the multicultural personality
Person of color (minority) identity development, mental health, and prejudice
European American (white) racial identity development, mental health, and prejudice
Biracial, multiracial, and gay and lesbian identity development
Multicultural personality development
Part III : Proactive roles in reducing prejudice
Counselor roles in prejudice reduction and race relations
Teacher roles in prejudice reduction
Parent roles in prejudice reduction
Part IV : Practical exercises for multicultural awareness and prejudice reduction
Race relations in elementary and middle schools
Race relations in high school
Race relations on the college campus
Race relations in the community
Part V : Instruments and resources for prejudice prevention work
A race awareness resource guide