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A race is a nice thing to have : a guide to being a white person or understanding the white persons in your life / Janet E. Helms.

Summary:

Writing to a general audience, Dr. Janet E. Helms has provided us with a clear statement about racial issues in our society. this is an exciting, readable book that will make a significant difference counseling and therapy practice and the way you think about yourself as a racial/cultural being.-- publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780917276132
ISBN: 0917276132
Physical Description: vii, 95 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Hanover, Mass. : Microtraining Associates, ©2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: Topeka : Content Communications, ©1992.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-94).
Formatted Contents Note:	The meaning of race in society -- Social class is not race -- Who needs a color-blind society? -- I'm not colored! -- But what color am I? -- Recognizing racism -- A model of white racial identity development -- Contact : "I'm an innocent" -- Disintegration : "How can I be white?" -- Reintegration : "We have the best because we are the best!" -- Pseudo-independent : "Let's help them become more like whites" -- Immersion/emersion : "I'm white!" -- Autonomy : "I see color and like it!" -- Using racial identity schemas to understand daily events -- Epilogue.