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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: EJ437269 AUTHOR: Dobbins, James E.; Skillings, Judith H.


TITLE: The Utility of Race Labeling in Understanding
Cultural Identity: A Conceptual Tool for the Social Science
Practitioner.

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1991
JOURNAL: Journal-of-Counseling-and-Development; v70 n1 p37
44 Sep-Oct 1991
AVAILABILITY: UMI

ABSTRACT: Examines competence in terms of practitioner's
worldview. Explores the history of how frames of reference
are influenced by secular intelligence and how imprecision
of commonly used terms limits conceptual competence.
Presents more precise multicultural lexicon as means of
fostering critical thinking about competence in
multicultural research and practice. (Author/NB)

KEY DESCRIPTORS: Counselor-Client-Relationship; Cultural
Awareness; Racial-Identification
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Counseling-Theories; *Cultural
Differences; *Labeling-of-Persons

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