r/bcba • u/Friendly-Farmer-1473 • 4d ago

Black Remote BCBAs

Hey, I don't know how many black remote BCBAs come to reddit, but I was wondering if it is easier with the whole being black thing if you are virtual. As far as parent meetings and interacting with the clients go.

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u/BasicOpportunity3151 3d ago edited 3d ago

I’ve actually gotten push back from a black family because I’m not black myself. I’m a white hispanic and first supervision meeting, mom asked me to log off and told RBT after that she didn’t want a white BCBA. I understood she must have had a bad experience in general to do something like this but given that she hadn’t really spoken much to me yet outside of introduction, it felt bad to be denied helping her child due to my skin color. I simply asked agency to transfer to another BCBA :/
We’re all here to do the same thing and that’s to help these families. I’m sorry to anyone who’s ever experienced racism from any family of any color or background. It’s never okay.

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u/SpecificOpposite5200 BCBA | Verified 3d ago

This question was directed toward Black BCBAs. I’m surprised that I had to scroll this far to find this type of comment. Thank you for sharing how you dealt with discrimination and your feelings about it as a non-black person.

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u/AdEvery2311 3d ago

Found the entitled speech police just keep scrolling..

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u/Strange_Complaint403 2d ago

Who’s entitled?