Word: peers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Study Council is also an important source of advice and support, since eating concerns are frequently intertwined with many other issues in a student's life. Room 13 and Response are two student-run services that provide telephone and drop-in help. They are an excellent source of peer support in a non-threatening atmosphere...
...attend the same parties as a good thing, while many whites see the same situation as a symptom of racial polarization and terrorism. Black students, binding together in an affirmation of cultural solidarity, are often viewed by whites as "separatist." And whites, not understanding Blacks' need for simple peer support, come across to Black as racist and patronzing...
Blacks view this reluctance not only as white separation, but also as white disinterest, which in turn leads them to identify even more exclusively with other Blacks. So what started out as peer support and an affirmation of culture rapidly institutionalizes the separation from which Blacks and whites ostensibly wish to escape...
...Actually, people are more comfortable talking to their peers," says Brainard She adds. "You're not seen as being in a power position, as a medical professional would be that's the whole point of peer counseling...
...once people become aware that a certain student is a peer counselor, they approach him or her outside of the office much more frequently...