Work Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

Department

Health and Wellness

Keywords

counseling; access; disparities; phenomenology; whiteness

Abstract

As an antiracist problematic, Whiteness was used to better understand the persistence of access disparities to college counseling centers for students of color. This study explored the question, “How do experiences of Whiteness impact access to mental health care for domestic, undergraduate White students and students of color at their respective college counseling centers?” Semi-structured interviews were completed with 6 undergraduates (three White students and three students of color). Data analysis was completed through three successive, iterative cycles of coding: value systems, color-blind ideologies, and Whiteness. The first two cycles of coding informed the last cycle. Five themes of Whiteness emerged: relational, advantage, property, power, and individualism.

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This article was published by Open Access Library Inc. in Open Access Library Journal under a CC BY license.

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