I Need Help with Teaching Racism to Students Who Appear to Internalize or Appropriate Racial Oppression

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race talk, internalized racial oppression, appropriated racial oppression, teaching strategies

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This narrative delineates my engagement with race discourse within social work classrooms, with particular emphasis on the personal challenges encountered in facilitating discussions among white anti-racist students, non-white students, and students of non-white backgrounds who seem to internalize and appropriate racial oppression. While existing literature offers insights into techniques for fostering racial dialogues between white and non-white students, it provides scant guidance on pedagogical methodologies tailored for individuals grappling with internalized or appropriated racial oppression. In this paper, I humbly seek guidance in devising effective strategies to address the needs of social work students who have internalized or appropriated racial oppression.

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Tae Kyung Park, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Tae Kyung Park, PhD is Assistant Professor, Social Work, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO (tpark4@uccs.edu).

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2026-04-29

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Park, T. K. (2026). I Need Help with Teaching Racism to Students Who Appear to Internalize or Appropriate Racial Oppression. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 32(1), 119–123. Retrieved from https://reflectionsnarrativesofprofessionalhelping.org/index.php/Reflections/article/view/2155

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