Racism in the lives of women: testimony, theory, and guides to antiracist practice

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Contents Preface * Part I: Testimony * Walking on Moonsands * Salience of Loss and Marginality: Life Themes of Immigrant Women of in Canada * Personal Recollections of an Anglo Therapist in Indian Country * A Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Being Eurasian in the U.S. of A. * Racism in Academia: A Case Study * Some Painful Experiences of a White Feminist Therapist Doing Research With Women of Color * A Japanese American Therapist Discovers Feminist Therapy * Prison of Color * Raising White Children in a Racist Society * Born Chinese and a Woman in America * Part II: Theory * Institutional Racism in the Mental Health Professions * On Knowing You Are the Unknown: Women of Color Constructing Psychology * Anti-Racism as an Ethical Norm in Feminist Therapy Practice * Violence, Migration, and Compassionate Practice: Conversations With Some Latinas We Think We Know * Double Positive: Lesbians and Race * Sexism, Racism, and the Analogy Problem in Feminist Thought * Historical and Material Determinants of Psychodynamic Development * Part 3: Guides to Antiracist Practice * Cross-Cultural Awareness Development: An Aid to the Creation of Antiracist Feminist Therapy * Treatment Considerations When the Therapist Is the Minority in the Patient-Therapist Dyad * Racism and Violence Against Women * Psychotherapy With Chicanas at Midlife: Cultural/Clinical Considerations * Karuna Counseling: Transitions Within a Collective * The Full-Figured Black Woman: Issues of Racism and Sizism * Understanding the Training Experiences of Asian American Women * Three Perspectives on Racism and Antisemitism in Feminist Organizations * 1. Overcoming Bias Through Awareness, Mutual Encouragement and Commitment * 2. An African American Perspective on Racism and Antisemitism * 3. In the Beginning--Again * Rethinking the Role of Guilt and Shame in White Women's Antiracism Work * On Becoming One's Own Theorist: A Puerto Rican Journey Toward Antiracist and Antisexist Family Therapy * Part IV: Testimony, Theory, and Practice * So She May Walk in Balance: Integrating the Impact of Historical Trauma in the Treatment of Native American Women * Reference Notes Included * Index