AGING
Helpguide (with a mental health emphasis)
http://www.helpguide.org/index.htm
An extremely comprehensive view of issues around aging and mental
health.
Positive Aging
http://www.taosinstitute.net/resources/positiveaging.html
The Taos Institute offers a monthly letter on dealing with aging
from a positive frame of reference.
Positive Aging Resource Center
http://www.positiveaging.org/index.shtml
This is another useful site and one that may be beneficial to your
older clients.
Guidelines for
the Evaluation of Dementia and Age-Related Cognitive Decline
http://www.apa.org/practice/dementia.html
This site will provide specifics for evaluation and prove as part
of work aging clients who face serious cognitive issues.
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BILINGUALISM
Bilingual Families
http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/biling-fam.html
Useful help in working with and understanding bilingual families.
Cognitive Advantages of Bilingualism.
http://www.answers.com/topic/cognitive-advantages-to-bilingualism
No longer can we think about bilingual individuals as
“disadvantaged.” Evidence is now clear that those who master two
languages are advantaged.
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CANCER AND COUNSELING
Cancer Support Groups
http://www.cancernews.com/support.html
Experiencing cancer is a major trauma and virtually every who
reads these words has had cancer, has known cancer in the family,
or has friends who have had the disease. Links to cancer support
groups and cancer information
Cancer Support Guides
http://www.patientcenters.com/
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CAREERS
Career Exploration Links
http://online.onetcenter.org/find/
This is a superb source for all university people. You'll enjoy
their approach.
Monster.com
http://www.monster.com/
This is the premier commercial site. You will find it very
valuable to explore and understand their information. You will
learn and you will have a valuable resource for your clients.
Career Resource Page
http://careerresource.coedu.usf.edu/index.html
This web page provides information about Internet resources to
students and individuals interested in developing a career plan
and exploring career options. This page is intended to provide
additional tools to students, career specialists, and individuals
interested in career resources. This page is not intended to
replace the job conducted by career professionals.
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CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Web Resources for Counseling Children
http://www.emma.suffolk.lib.ny.us
The Emma Clark library has assembled a comprehensive set of links
and references for work with children.
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violence.cfm
The National Institute of Mental Health Guide. You'll find it
highly detailed.
Child Abuse, Missing Children, and Incest Links
http://www.ncvc.org/links/Caam.htm
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COMMUNITY COUNSELING
Community Counseling Center of Las Vegas
www.searchfusion.com
Visit a community counseling center and see their many activities.
Community Psychology.net
http://www.communitypsychology.net/#links
Here you will find a vast array of possibilities… this is a
searchable site.
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COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY THEORIES
(Person-centered, Frankl’s Logotherapy and Meaning Issues,
Decisional Counseling and Problem-Solving Therapy, Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy, Multimodal Therapy, Brief Therapy,
Psychoanalytic Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Rational Emotive
Behavioral Therapy, Feminist Therapy)
Counseling and Psychotherapy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counseling
Counseling/Therapy Theories
http://www.guidetopsychology.com/txtypes.htm
Person-Centered Counseling
Person-Centered Organization
http://www.personcentered.org
Person-Centered Counseling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_centered_counselling
Carl Rogers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Rogers
Frankl’s Logotherapy and Meaning Issues
Viktor Frankl Institute
http://logotherapy.univie.ac.at/
A detailed summary of logotherapy and its many possibilities.
Viktor Frankl at 90: An Interview
http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9504/scully.html
An amazing and important figure in counseling and psychotherapy.
International Network on Personal Meaning
http://www.meaning.ca/links/meaning_links.html
A vast array of resources relating to meaning issues.
Decisional Counseling and Problem-Solving Counseling
Smoking and Decisions
http://horan.asu.edu/cfedm/chapter5.php
Jay Haley on Problem-Solving Counseling
http://www.jay-haley-on-therapy.com/html/problem_solving_therapy.html
A Therapist Looks at Problem Solving
http://www.helpyourselftherapy.com/topics/ps_rblks.html
Cognitive Behavioral Theory
Counseling/Therapy Theories
http://www.guidetopsychology.com/txtypes.htm
Thought stopping
http://www.ucs.umn.edu/counsel/depression3.html
Thought stopping
http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/academic/counseling/worry.asp
Guided imagery
http://www.ulm.edu/mft/guideimage.rtf
Guided Imagery Sites
http://www.google.com/Top/Health/Mental_Health/Counseling_Services/Expressive_Therapies/
Guided_Imagery/
Assertiveness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assertiveness
Anger Management
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anger_management
Assertiveness Training
http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmeap/stress8.html
The Beck Institute
http://www.beckinstitute.org/
Multimodal Therapy
http://www.continuingeducation.com/psychology/mmtherapy/
Brief Therapy and Solution-Oriented Approaches
Lankton and Associates
http://lankton.com/
Brief Therapy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_therapy
Brief counseling
http://www.ulm.edu/mft/guideimage.rtf
Solution Focused Brief Counseling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solution_Focused_Brief_Counseling
Psychodynamic Theory
The Freud Museum
http://www.freud-museum.at/e/
Counseling and Psychotherapy Links to Psychodynamic Theory
http://wps.ablongman.com/ab_ivey_counseling_5/0,1812,41150-,00.html
Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt
http://www.newyorkgestalt.org/
Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy
The Albert Ellis Institute
http://www.rebt.org/
Integrative Therapy
Integrative Therapy Articles
http://www.integrativetherapy.com/en/articles.php
Define Integrative Therapy
www.integrativetherapy.com/en/articles.php?id=32
Feminist Therapy Guides
http://ahpweb.org/rowan_bibliography/chapter16.html
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/228/context/archive
http://www.mayhospi.com/PersonalCare/FeministTherapy.asp
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CRISIS AND TRAUMA
National
Center for PTSD
http://www.ncptsd.org
A comprehensive view of issues of trauma.
The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
http://www.aaets.org/
Another comprehensive source of information.
Psych Works/Managing Traumatic Stress
http://www.psychworks.com
Common reactions expected in clients who may be dealing with
trauma.
UCLA
Center for Mental Health in Schools
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu
Click for information on working with children on issues of crisis
and trauma.
American
Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/default.htm
Helping children and adolescents deal with crisis.
The Center for Mental Health Services
http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/ADM90-538
Training Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in
Major Disaster
Managing Traumatic Stress: Tips for Recovering From Disasters and
Other Traumatic Events
http://www.apahelpcenter.org/articles/article.php?id=22
The American Psychological Association provides some very helpful
guidance for coping with extreme stress
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DEATH AND DYING
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
http://www.elisabethkublerross.com/
This is her personal site and you can gain a sense of her wisdom
on many of life’s personal issues.
Loss in Late Life
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/316/7142/1452
Old age can be seen as a succession of losses, gradual or sudden.
This can be helpful in counseling elders.
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DISABILITY
The Disabled People’s Association Singapore
http://www.dpa.org.sg/home.htm
This carefully designed site is updated frequently and provides
information on most types of disability. While developed in
Singapore, it covers important sites throughout the world. Many
would prefer that the title should be the “People with
Disabilities Association”, thus using current language. Perhaps by
the time you reach this site, the name will have changed.
National AIDS Hotlines & Resources
http://www.thebody.com/hotlines/national.html
National Council on Disability
http://www.ncd.gov/
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ETHICS
Marriage and
Family Therapy
www.aamft.org
American
Counseling Assoc.
www.counseling.org
American
Psychological Assoc.
www.apa.org
British Assoc.
for Counselling
www.bacp.co.uk
Canadian
Counselling Assoc.
www.ccacc.ca
Human Service
Education
www.nohse.com
National Assoc,
of Social Work
www.naswdc.org
New Zealand
Assoc. Counsellors
www.nzac.org.nz
Society of
Interamerican Psychology (SIP) Website
http://www.sipsych.org/grupoetica
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FAMILY COUNSELING AND THERAPY
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
http://www.aamft.org/
and
The International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
http://www.iamfc.com/index.htm
These two associations provide information and links to the family
counseling profession.
Genealogy.com
http://www.genealogy.com/index_n.html
You can generate your own family tree and search family history at
this site.
Family Search
http://www.familysearch.org/
The Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints presents the
premier site for serious genealogy searches.
Family
Immigration History Center
http://www.ellisisland.org/
If you are a US citizen your family were immigrants, important
site may help you identify the specific ship and other information
concerning their coming to the United States.
Many useful family links
http://www.google.com
Key in the words family or family genealogy and you will find many
useful links on Google.
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FEMINIST COUNSELING AND WOMEN’S ISSUES
Jean Baker Miller Training Institute
http://www.wellesley.edu/JBMTI/index.html
This Institute at Wellesley College has been central in the
development of the self-in-relation, also known as
"being-in-relation."
Feminist Therapy
http://ahpweb.org/rowan_bibliography/chapter16.html
A good summary of a major contribution to theory in counseling and
psychotherapy.
Sunshine for Women: Links Galore
http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/links.html
Exactly what it says. More links than you would think possible.
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GAY/LESBIAN/BISEXUAL/TRANSGENDERED/HETEROSEXUAL/TRANSGENDERED AND
BISEXUAL
Sexual Orientation
http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/publications/justthefacts.html
http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/guidelines.html
Sexual Orientation and Science
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/
Gay.com
http://www.gay.com/index.html
Gay/lesbian discrimination
http://www.glaad.org/
!OutProud!
http://www.outproud.org
A comprehensive and concise summary. Very good for an
introduction in this area.
Sexual Orientation, Science, Education, and Policy
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/
An immense amount of information and seemingly endless links.
Google: Heterosexual Esteem
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Sexuality/Heterosexual_Esteem/
The typical Google set of megalinks
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HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Health psychology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_psychology
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INTERVIEWING
Interviewing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interviewing
Definitions and a good discussion
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MEDIATION
Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management
http://www.state.oh.us/cdr/resources.htm
This is an exceptional site with comprehensive links to many
related areas.
ADR Resources on Mediation
http://adrr.com/
Stephen Marsh is a mediator in Dallas, Texas. He has developed a
very valuable site including many essays on important topics.
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MENS’ ISSUES
Links to Men's Resources
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6708/menlinks.html
Extensive information.
Men's Resources
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6708/menlinks.html
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MICROSKILL RELATED LINKS
Attending Behavior: Basic to Communication
http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/M/Lawrence.J.Marshall-1/InterviewingNotes.html
An excellent summary.
Active Listening: Center for Rural Studies
http://crs.uvm.edu/gopher/nerl/personal/comm/e.html
Reflection of feeling is an important part of active listening.
You will find several useful exercises here that appear to be
based on microskills history and research.
EQ Informational Site on Emotions, Emotional Intelligence,Teen
Suicide & More
http://eqi.org/
A superb site for all information on emotional experience. You can
get definitions, practice ideas, information about neuropsychology
and brain functioning, and many other issues.
College Counseling Questions
http://www.benjaminschool.com/upper/CollegeCounseling/InterviewQuestions.htm
Logical Consequences
http://www.mslbd.org/Logical_Consequences_FDC3B.pdf
Positive Discipline
http://www.positivediscipline.com/articles_teacher/index.html
Smoking and Advice
http://cqweb.bjc.org/Controls/graph.aspx?companynum=H002&cat=AMI&ind=AMI-4
Empathy: Definition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy
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MULTICULTURAL (GENERAL LINKS)
Assoc. Multicultural Counseling and Development
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/edhd/programs/AMCD/
Multiculturalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiculturalism
Useful information and links
Multicultural Competence
http://www.k-state.edu/catl/tilford/mcreport/1.htm
What does it take to become multiculturally competent?
Culture-Centered Counselor
http://guidancechannel.com/default.aspx?M=a&index=691&cat=50
National Institute for Multicultural Competences
http://www.nimcpathways.org/
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/zalaquett/nimc/nimc.html
Provides resources and advocacy competences
US Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health and Culture
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/cre/default.asp
"Culture Counts" U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher speaking
at the 2001 APA Convention in San Francisco commented that racial
and ethnic minorities face "striking disparities" in access to
adequate mental health care. Visit this site for perhaps the most
important statement ever on mental health issues and diversity.
Teaching Tolerance
http://www.tolerance.org/
Many resources covering multiple issues.
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NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Seed magazine
http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/brain-behavior/
Empathy and Neuroscience—the Work of Jean Decety
http://home.uchicago.edu/~decety/index.html
There are several important and very readable articles on this
site. They provide a solid introduction showing the relationship
of physiology to the empathic process.
Exercise, Mental Health, and Neuroscience—John Ratey
http://www.johnratey.com/
A superb site showing us that counseling and therapy need to give
much greater attention to the realtionship of exercise to mental
health and brain functioning.
The Brain: Teaching Modules
http://www.learner.org/resources/series142.html
This includes a very good free video and you have students use the
video as a supplement to your course.
The Mind: Teaching Modules
http://www.learner.org/resources/series142.html
Explores cognition and behavior as it relates to the concept of
mind.
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NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
Exploring Nonverbal Communication
http://nonverbal.ucsc.edu/
There are several interesting photos illustrating the ideas and
research around nonverbal communication. There is good information
on cultural difference as well.
Communication Resources Online
http://www.natcom.org/ctronline/nonverb.htm
Just about everything you'd want to know about nonverbal
communication, but it will take some patience to work through the
many links.
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RACE/ETHNICITY
US Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health and Culture
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/cre/default.asp
"Culture Counts" U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher speaking
at the 2001 APA Convention in San Francisco commented that racial
and ethnic minorities face "striking disparities" in access to
adequate mental health care. Visit this site for perhaps the most
important statement ever on mental health issues and diversity.
An extensive list of sites for information on People of Color and
the Muslim tradition follows.
African American
African American Odyssey
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html
African Studies
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html
AfriGeneas
http://www.afrigeneas.com/welcome.html
This site introduces African American resources, including a
beginner's guide, slave data, state resources, worldwide
resources, surname data, etc.
AFRO-American Almanac
http://www.toptags.com/aama/voices/voices.htm
This site provides resources for African-American History, which
include articles, poetry, and speeches of famous
African-Americans.
Black Cultural Studies Web Site
http://www.ubp.com/
Gateway to African-American History
http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/african_americans/
African_American_History_Month.html
This site, hosted by U.S. State Department's International
Information Programs, includes documents, articles, Internet sites
and other resources which honor and acknowledge the
accomplishments of African-Americans.
Asian (Asian American)
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
Asian American Studies
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subj/asian-am.html
A wide-ranging list, invaluable for its links and conceptual
foundations.
Asia Society
http://www.asiasociety.org
Asia Society, focusing on Asia-Pacific region, provides more than
thirty countries broadly from Japan to Iran, and from Central Asia
to New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands. It presents the
diverse materials and programs of Asia to students and teachers
and the American people.
Internment of Japanese Americans
http://academic.udayton.edu/race/02rights/intern00.htm
Taiwan
http://www.taipei.org/
Hosted by Taipei Economic and Culture Office in New York, this
site provides information about Republic of China on Taiwan,
including Visa, events, news, culture, scholarly research, and
links.
Hispanic/Latino American
Hispanic Online
http://www.hispaniconline.com/
This site, a leading on-line forum for Latinos living in the USA,
offers chat rooms, message boards and issues and links of interest
to the Latino community.
Hispanic
Research Center
http://www.asu.edu/clas/hrc/
This site, hosted by the Arizona State University, performs
research on topics related to Hispanic and provides public service
for Hispanics.
Hispanicbusiness.com
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com
Informatica PR-Net
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1033/index.html
This site introduces some Hispanic/Latino information.
Lanito-Latin American Network Information Center
http://lanic.utexas.edu/las.html
This is a WWW Virtual Library about Latin American studies, which
covers resources from countries, economics, government to social,
culture, and technology.
Latino USA
http://www.latinousa.org/
This is a radio journal of news and culture, the only national
English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective,
provides cultural resources and issues affecting Latinos for
educators, students, and Latinos.
Su Nombre es Hoy – His/Her Name is Today
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/zalaquett/hoy/
Site provides a variety of information regarding Latina/os in the
US
Native American Indian
Indian Country
http://www.ihs.gov/
Native Americans
http://www.americanwest.com/pages/indians.htm
This site introduces Native Americans in education, leaders,
organization, images, and movies with many related links.
American Indian History
http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/departments/ais/
A highly sophisticated site with many links and extensive
information about Native American Indians.
Techniques for Evaluating American Indian Web Sites
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ecubbins/webcrit.html
WWW Virtual Library - American Indians
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/
This site provide immense resources of Native American with links
on Culture, History, Education, Language, Health, Indigenous
Knowledge, a big collection of Native American Art.
Muslim Americans
A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam
http://www.islam-guide.com/
Here you will obtain some key facts and background concerning
Islamic religion.
Teaching Tolerance
http://www.tolerance.org/index.jsp
This is a general site with many suggestions for working with
racism and injustice. There is an excellent section of Muslim
issue. Key in the word "Muslim" in their search engine.
The Nation of Islam
http://www.muhammadspeaks.com/
Elijah Muhammad's comments on African Americans and the Islamic
tradition.
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RACISM
I Care: Anti Racism Europe
http://www.icare.to/
One of the most challenging traumas to People of Color is to deal
with racism.
Crosspoint on Anti-Racism
http://www.magenta.nl/crosspoint/
An important site with a useful perspective
Tolerance.org
http://www.tolerance.org/news/feature/auburn/index.html
Visit this site and the pictures of an Auburn University
fraternity. To many, this site will be shocking, but it shows
clearly that racism is alive and well in this country.
Then, click on the extensive information available through
Tolerance.
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RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY AND COUNSELING
Google Directory of Spiritual Resources
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/
This search site will take you from Advaita Vedanta to
Zoroastrianism. The references to spiritual resources are
immense.
Spiritual Resources
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/
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SEXUAL ASSAULT
Rape Counseling
http://experts.about.com/q/Rape-Counseling-1570/Interview.htm
Sexual Assault, Acquaintance Rape
www.4woman.gov/faq/sexualassault.htm
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SOCIAL CLASS
The Center for Working Class Studies at Youngstown State
University
http://www.as.ysu.edu/~cwcs/
There are those who believe the most troubling “ism” is that of
social class and wealth. You will find the ideas on this site
challenging.
Poverty Net
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/
Links and information about national and international poverty in
its many guises.
Homelessness and Poverty
http://www.nlchp.org/
National
Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
http://www.nlchp.org/
You will find a vast array of data on this problem, one to which
counseling and therapy pay insufficient attention.
Wealth and Power in America
http://www.212.net/crime/wealth.htm
Another challenging discussion of the distribution of goods in our
society.
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SUICIDE
Suicide Prevention
http://www.suicideassessment.com/
This website is designed specifically for mental health
professionals, substance abuse counselors, school counselors,
primary care physicians, and psychiatric nurses, who are looking
for information on the development of suicide prevention skills,
crisis intervention skills, and advanced clinical interviewing
skills.
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WELLNESS
Wellness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellness
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WHITE PRIVILEGE
White Privilege
http://www.whiteprivilege.com/
A site full of information, ideas, and exercises related to White
privilege.
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy
McIntosh
Links to this paper vary constantly. Please use your search engine
to find this important article.
This the influential article that defined White privilege. As you
read this article, you may also think about other forms of
privilege, power, and dominance such as class privilege, male
privilege, the dominant spiritual orientation privilege (e.g.,
Christian in the U.S. and much of Europe, Jewish in Israel, Muslim
in the Middle-east, Hindu in India), and still other forms of
power and dominance.
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