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Dis , Dat , and Dem : Addressing linguistic awareness for counselors of African American English speakers
Author(s) -
Graham Jasmine,
DayVines Norma L.,
Zaccor Karla
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of multicultural counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2161-1912
pISSN - 0883-8534
DOI - 10.1002/jmcd.12241
Subject(s) - african american , diversity (politics) , relevance (law) , psychology , context (archaeology) , linguistic diversity , american english , linguistics , race (biology) , english language , sociology , gender studies , anthropology , political science , history , mathematics education , philosophy , archaeology , law
Upward of 80% of Black people speak some variant of African American English (AAE). The counseling profession is a language‐oriented form of help seeking, yet the relevance of linguistic diversity in a counseling context is largely absent from scholarly literature. Using Critical Race Theory as a theoretical framework, the authors provide a definition of AAE, as well as historical and sociopolitical contextual information about AAE. Important clinical implications for working effectively with AAE speakers are identified.