Indigenous Canadian University Student's Experiences of Microaggressions

Date

2019-03-01

Author

Canel Çınarbaş, Deniz
Yohani, Sophie

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Racial microaggressions are defined as daily indignities directed towards disempowered racial groups that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights (Sue et al. American Psychologist, 62, 271-286, 2007b). The purpose of the present study was to investigate Indigenous Canadian university student's experiences of racial microaggresions and provide suggestions for culturally competent educational practices. The study utilized a qualitative method and involved a focus-group and follow-up interviews. Seven domains or themes emerged. These domains were: overt discrimination; assumption of intellectual inferiority; assumption of criminality; invalidation or denial; second-class citizen; racial segregation; and myth of meritocracy. Implications for counselors and educators were discussed.

Subject Keywords

Racism, Discrimination, Indigenous Canadian, Microaggressions

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/45144

Journal

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COUNSELLING

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-018-9345-z

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Department of Psychology, Article

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D. Canel Çınarbaş and S. Yohani, “Indigenous Canadian University Student’s Experiences of Microaggressions,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COUNSELLING, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 41–60, 2019, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/45144.