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Exploring the Nature of Race‐Related Guilt
Author(s) -
Arminio Jan
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of multicultural counseling and development
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2161-1912
pISSN - 0883-8534
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1912.2001.tb00467.x
Subject(s) - race (biology) , psychology , phenomenology (philosophy) , hermeneutic phenomenology , meaning (existential) , psychoanalysis , white (mutation) , social psychology , lived experience , psychotherapist , sociology , philosophy , epistemology , gender studies , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
In a hermeneutic phenomenology study, the main purpose of which was to explore how White graduate students made meaning of being White, race‐related guilt was found to be a prominent emotion. This article explores race‐related guilt and suggests liberation therapy as a counseling tool to transform guilt to positive action. En un estudio interpretativo y fenomenologico que tuvo por propósito estudiar como estudiantes graduados crearon significado de ser Blancos, se encontro que la culpa racial fue una emoción prominente. Este artículo explora la culpa racial y sugiere a la terapia de liberación como una herramienta para transformar la culpa a la action positiva.