From awareness to commitment and action: A longitudinal study of a race-based counseling course

Abstract

Researchers assessed the longitudinal impacts of a master-level, race-based counseling course with White, graduate-level counseling students (N = 35) over a 5-year period. Impacts were assessed through interview and written data, as well as with the White Racial Consciousness Development Scale-Revised (Claney & Parker, 1989; Lee et al., 2007). Students expressed an increased sense of responsibility to address racism, with examples of ways they addressed inequities and discrimination across contexts.