Examines the validity of the White Racial Consciousness Development Scale (WRCDS). Participants (n=260) were administered the WRCDS and another instrument. Results suggest that the WRCDS lacks adequate reliability and concurrent validity and that the findings and future use of the instrument should be questioned. (RJM)

Surveyed 244 white counselors to examine whether these counselors were encountering racial concerns with their white clients. Findings revealed that 45% of responding counselors reported white clients raising racial issues relevant to counseling, with 26% reporting white clients with racial concerns as a main counseling issue. (Author/NB)

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…

Discusses Biblical narratives for children and suggests criteria to use for assessing Bible story books. Twelve examples of good books are described, including picture books as well as stories for older children. Features that are discussed include illustrations, use of color, readability, and racial assumptions. (LRW)

Considers how students are affected in their reading of African American literary texts by the fact that their teacher is a black woman. Describes the impact of a teacher's race and gender in the literature classroom. Outlines tensions experienced by one black female professor teaching black literature to white students. (HB)

Original article grew from concern that, in reaction to endemic racism, number of African Americans were seeking refuge in racial camps others have fought to destroy. Commentaries by Janet E. Helms, Robert M. Sellers, Jerome Taylor, Thomas A. Parham, and Kobi K. K. Kambon and Reginald Hopkins encourage discussion about basis and importance of…

Discusses the increasing numbers of African Americans who are both attending graduate school and planning on academic careers. Suggests that academia will profit in many ways from this trend, noting that African American scholars are resisting labeling, finding arenas of research that resist racial categories, and desire a mandate for…

Unlearning racism involves examining racist assumptions that are embedded in courses and curricula, acknowledging complicity in maintaining existing systems of privilege and oppression, and addressing failure to produce change. Narrative is an effective way to examine experience; it provides an alternative to traditional academic discourse. (SK)

Extends the discussion of what some scholars believe is a controversial and impractical philosophy, that of Afrocentrism, in the context of the post-civil rights era. The article draws on the works of three scholars of Afrocentricity as a philosophical movement: (1) Gerald Early; (2) Stanley Crouch; and (3) Molefi Asante. (SLD)

Argues that the intellectual origins of the Harlem Renaissance are found at Fisk University, Nashville (TN), where black education took a less vocationally oriented path that made students feel free to explore thoughts. This liberal educational environment blossomed in New York in the expressions of the Harlem Renaissance. (SLD)

A study examined the racial identity and achievement of 44 identified gifted Black adolescents, 67 potentially gifted Black adolescents, and 38 typical Black adolescents. Males and underachievers had less positive racial identities than females and achievers, and gifted students had more positive racial identities than the others. (Author/CR)

Examines the extent to which four indices of African self-consciousness are operating in suburban African-American families. It presents examples of African self-consciousness illustrating how the perceptions of African-American children living in predominantly White suburbs are shaped by family, church, school, and social interactions. Parental…

Reports on a developmental approach to education that promotes student understanding of racial identity. Examines the developmental complexity of dialogues about race and the importance of developing a new kind of dialogue in which a collaborative, rather than an adversarial, environment is created, and where students can express themselves…

Discusses the importance of including interracial storybooks in today's diverse classrooms, explaining the benefits of using such literature (e.g., building a sound personal identity for children with mixed ancestors, promoting knowledge and skills for a global society, and developing an appreciation for diversity). Reviews eight books with…

Investigates the relationship between White racial identity development and the personality constructs Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. White college students (N=105) were administered the White Racial Identity Attitude Scale, the NEO Five-Factor Inventory, and the New Racism Scale. Results indicate that…