Counseling diverse clients ethically involves knowledge of one's own cultural group, values, and awareness of one's current stage of identity development racial as well as an understanding of the racial and racial developmental stage of minority clients. cultural identity (Sue and Sue, 2013). As a White student advisor, I read the article “Racism and White Advisor Training: The Influence of Theory and Research on White Racial Identity” by Sherlon Pack-Brown (1999) and I reviewed the stages of Sue and Sue’s racial and cultural identity (2013). in order to gain personal knowledge and insight. In Pack-Brown's (1999) article, the relationship between racism, White racial identity, and White counselor education was explored. Racism is an attitude, action or system that discriminates against a person or groups of people based on the color of their skin or their physical characteristics. Racial identity is a person's sense of belonging to a specific group of people and the feeling that this group shares a racial heritage. For White counselors, racial identity development involves promoting a healthy White racial identity and self-esteem as a White person. According to Pack-Brown, knowing one's own racial identity is crucial to the training of an ethical counselor (1999). Racial identity theory consists of five assumptions: each member of society belongs to one or more groups of people; Group membership influences a person's worldview; The United States is a race-centered society and operates on a hierarchy of racial groups; A racist social environment influences the process of racial identity development; As one develops socially, one grapples with racial identity (Brown et al., 1996; Helms, 1984, 1990, 1995; Parker, 1998; Ponterotto, 1993; Pope-Davis & ... ...middle of article... ...passengers are kicked off a train because of their behavior and because the conductor wrongly stereotyped them as Americans He was prejudiced. regard of Americans, which were expressed verbally. I had a knee-jerk reaction when I read that we live in a “racially centered society” part of racial identity theory. does not want this to be true and desires to believe that we are not as focused on race as a society as this assertion of white privilege that I grew up with and being focused on race suggests. does not necessarily have to result in a negative interpretation. Racial centering with a hierarchical shift in power and privilege is a mistake. be another matter. So, to participate in the celebration of the breed