Preventing Prejudice

Joe Ponterotto is Professor and Coordinator of the Counseling Psychology Program at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education. Prior to his arrival at Fordham in 1987, he was Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Active in APA and ACA, Joe is also the author of numerous journal articles and books and coeditor of Sage’s Handbook of Multicultural Counseling.Shawn O. Utsey, new to the author team on this edition, is the Chair of the department of African American Studies, director of the Institute for African American Mental Health Research and Training, an editor of the Journal of Black Psychology, and an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and is the Editor of the Journal of Black Psychology. Paul B. Pedersen is a visiting professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Hawaii and professor emeritus at Syracuse University. He has taught at the University of Minnesota, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and for six years at universities in Taiwan, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Pedersen was also on the summer school faculty at Harvard University, 1984-988 and the University of Pittsburgh “semester at sea” voyage around the world, spring 1992. International experience includes numerous consulting experiences in Asia, Australia, Africa, South America and Europe, and a Senior Fulbright award teaching at National Taiwan University 1999-2000. He has authored, co-authored or edited 40 books, 99 articles, and 72 chapters on aspects of multicultural counseling and international communication. Pedersen is a fellow in Divisions 9, 17, 45 and 52 of the American Psychological Association.

• Foreword by James M. JonesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I. Prejudice and Racism: Prevalence and Consequences1. Understanding Prejudice and RacismThe Problem of HatePurpose and Focus of This BookSome Important DefinitionsUnderstanding PrejudiceUnderstanding RacismChapter Summary2. Some Historical Background on the Origins and Evolution of Racial PrejudicePrehistoric Roots of Racial PrejudiceOrigins of Modern Racial PrejudiceEvolution of Racial PrejudiceImplications for Prejudice ReductionChapter Summary3. Causes and Consequences of Racial PrejudiceRacism and White AmericansRacism and the Black ExperienceChapter SummaryPart II. Racial, Biracial, Multiracial, and Lesbian and Gay Identity Development and the Multicultural Personality4. Person of Color (Minority) Identity Development, Mental Health, and PrejudiceErikson′s and Marcia′s Models of Identity DevelopmentHardiman′s Stages of Social Identity DevelopmentGeneral Models of Minority Identity DevelopmentRace- and Ethnicity-Specific Models of Minority Identity DevelopmentIntegration of Identity Models and Relationship to Mental Health and PrejudiceSummary of Research Correlates of Identity Stages5. European American (White) Racial Identity Development, Mental Health, and PrejudiceHardiman′s White Identity Development ModelHelms′ White Racial Identity ModelPonterotto′s White Racial Consciousness Development ModelRowe, Bennett, and Atkinson′s White Racial Consciousness ModelIntegrative Models of White Racial IdentityWhy Is White Racial Identity Development Important? What Does the Research Say?6. Biracial, Multiracial, and Gay or Lesbian Identity DevelopmentBiracial and Multiracial Identity DevelopmentModels of Biracial and Multiracial Identity DevelopmentLesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identity DevelopmentChapter Summary7. Multicultural Personality DevelopmentWhat Is the Multicultural Personality?How Does the Multicultural Personality Relate to Broader Models of Personality?Chapter SummaryPart III. Proactive Roles in Reducing Prejudice8. Counselor Roles in Prejudice Reduction and Race RelationsTraditional Roles of the CounselorCounselor Skills and Prejudice Prevention WorkCounselor Roles in Working With PrejudiceChapter Summary9. Teacher Roles in Prejudice ReductionTeacher- and Student-Centered Strategies for Reducing PrejudiceUsing Curricula and Instructional Techniques to Reduce PrejudiceChapter Summary10. Parent Roles in Prejudice ReductionChildren and PrejudiceEarly Formation of Racial Attitudes and PreferencesHow Do Parents, Peers, and Personality Influence Prejudice Levels in Children?What Parents Can Do to Promote Tolerance in Their ChildrenChapter SummaryPart IV. Practical Exercises for Multicultural Awareness and Prejudice ReductionAn Orientation to Practical Exercises for Multicultural Awareness and Prejudice Reduction11. Race Relations in Elementary and Middle SchoolsExercise 1: The Label GameExercise 2: Patterns of DifferenceExercise 3: Symbols of Our CultureExercise 4: One Situation But Many InterpretationsChapter Summary12. Race Relations in High SchoolExercise 5: Being Normal and Being AbnormalExercise 6: StereotypesExercise 7: Personal Culture HistoryExercise 8: Predicting the Decision of a Resource Person From the CommunityChapter Summary13. Race Relations on the College CampusExercise 9: A Classroom DebateExercise 10: Analysis of a Newspaper Article Through Role PlayingExercise 11: Designing a Multiethinic SimulationExercise 12: Lump SumChapter Summary14. Race Relations in the CommunityExercise 13: Critical IncidentsExercise 14: The Intrapersonal Cultural GridExercise 15: The Interpersonal Cultural GridExercise 16: Outside "Experts"Chapter SummaryPart V. Instruments and Resources for Prejudice Prevention Work15. Assessments of Prejudice, Cultural Competence, Stressful Effects of Racism, Racial and Ethnic Identity, and the Multicultural PersonalityMeasures of Racism, Prejudice, and HomophobiaMeasures of Multicultural Counseling CompetenceMeasures of Teachers′ Multicultural CompetenceMeasures of the Stressful Effects of RacismMeasures of Racial and Ethnic Identity DevelopmentMeasures of the Multicultural PersonalityGuidelines for Selecting Multicultural Instruments16. A Race Awareness Resource GuideNational OrganizationsBooksFilms and VideosPopular MoviesWorking With Films and BooksChapter SummaryAppendix I: The Quick Discrimination Index (QDI)Appendix II: Multicultural Counseling Knowledge and Awareness Scale (MCKAS)Appendix III: Teacher Multicultural Attitude Survey (TMAS)Appendix IV: Index of Race-Related Stress–Brief Version (IRRS-B)ReferencesAuthor IndexSubject IndexAbout the Authors

An impressive, deliberate and problem-oriented Second Edition. Prejudice has no boundaries and spares no one. Preventing Prejudice offers hope and resources to all of us, counselors, educators, and parents. We are all agents of change.