DVD 3: Racial Microaggressions: Impact and Implications for Counseling Practice

Derald Wing Sue Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

Is it possible for anyone to be born and raised in the United States without inheriting the racial biases of the society? How is it possible for good, moral and decent human beings to act in ways that oppress others? Do I oppress?

Derald Wing Sue presents his most recent research on racial microaggressions; brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral and environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults to the target person or group. While the lecture concentrates on racial microaggressions, Sue links the phenomenon to gender and sexual orientation microaggressions as well. Therapists who are unaware of their biases and prejudices may unintentionally engage in microaggressions that create impasses for clients of color.

(approx. 60 min.) Accompanies Chapter 5: Counseling the Culturally Diverse, 5th edition