Disrupting my whiteness towards inhabiting a race equity coaching perspective: A self-inquiry into race, whiteness, and its impact on my coaching practice

In May 2020, global attention was on George Floyd’s murder. As a white person coaching people of colour, my response to this systemic racism was to draw attention to racism and coaching and bring my practice and values around race equity into greater alignment. Through internal reflection and action...

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Main Author: Fenella Trevillion
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Language:English
Published: Oxford Brookes University 2025-02-01
Series:International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
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Online Access:https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/3976677f-d80a-406b-9465-0da0de9071a6/1/
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description In May 2020, global attention was on George Floyd’s murder. As a white person coaching people of colour, my response to this systemic racism was to draw attention to racism and coaching and bring my practice and values around race equity into greater alignment. Through internal reflection and action and, disrupting my whiteness, my worldview changed. By using the methodology of autoethnography and themed categorisation of my pivot points of change, it emerged that transformation came through critical reflection and recursive movement. This research tracks that development and illustrates my new perspective on race equity in coaching and supervision.
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Disrupting my whiteness towards inhabiting a race equity coaching perspective: A self-inquiry into race, whiteness, and its impact on my coaching practice
International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
coaching
whiteness
autoethnography
mindfulness
supervision
title Disrupting my whiteness towards inhabiting a race equity coaching perspective: A self-inquiry into race, whiteness, and its impact on my coaching practice
title_full Disrupting my whiteness towards inhabiting a race equity coaching perspective: A self-inquiry into race, whiteness, and its impact on my coaching practice
title_fullStr Disrupting my whiteness towards inhabiting a race equity coaching perspective: A self-inquiry into race, whiteness, and its impact on my coaching practice
title_full_unstemmed Disrupting my whiteness towards inhabiting a race equity coaching perspective: A self-inquiry into race, whiteness, and its impact on my coaching practice
title_short Disrupting my whiteness towards inhabiting a race equity coaching perspective: A self-inquiry into race, whiteness, and its impact on my coaching practice
title_sort disrupting my whiteness towards inhabiting a race equity coaching perspective a self inquiry into race whiteness and its impact on my coaching practice
topic coaching
whiteness
autoethnography
mindfulness
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