Changed, Challenged, and Transformed: On Anti-Blackness in Grad School
Podcast Summary:
In this episode, Chantel Dominique reflects on her recent graduate school experience of navigating both personal transformation and anti-Blackness in higher education and the field of counseling psychology.
Topics covered are:
Being a Black student in the American education system
Addressing structural racism in academic, clinical training, and community mental health settings
Amplifying the need for equitable practices and accountability policies in systems of care
Identifying and rejecting whiteness packaged as wellness
Deepening into faith as a result of an isolating graduate school experience
Themes:
Anti-Blackness, Structural Racism, Isolation, Graduate School, Psychology, Boundaries, Discernment
Lesson:
Speaking out against systemic injustice, despite pressure to assimilate, stay quiet, or push through, can open up possibilities for change.
Appreciation:
My boundaries are an act of self-love and self-preservation.
Food for Thought:
Is there an experience in your life that’s asking you to speak up about harm or injustice? What type of learning environments help you to feel supported and excited to learn?
