Re:Google Employee Writes Memo About ‘The Burden of Being Bl...
by dragonwriter on Friday August 16, 2019 @04:44PM
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> If you judge a prospective counselor by the color of their skin you are IMHO part of the problem.
An emotional barrier that is part of the problem for which a person is seeking treatment:
(1) is not a judgement, and
(2) indisputably is part of the problem.
But, in any case, whether either or both of those are true or not doesn't change the fact that it is a real issue impacting the likely treatment outcomes that is sensitive to whether the counselor is in the group triggering the negative response or not.
An emotional barrier that is part of the problem for which a person is seeking treatment:
(1) is not a judgement, and
(2) indisputably is part of the problem.
But, in any case, whether either or both of those are true or not doesn't change the fact that it is a real issue impacting the likely treatment outcomes that is sensitive to whether the counselor is in the group triggering the negative response or not.