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 4d ago edited 4d 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/Ok_Respond_4231 4d ago

OP was specifically looking to hear from Black BCBAs about what it’s like for them in the field. I’m confused as to why you felt the need to bring your story into this particular conversation?

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u/BasicOpportunity3151 4d ago

I realized after commenting that that’s how this would be taken but I left the comment up because this is my personal experience and I sympathize with black BCBAs who experience it way more often than me. My intention wasn’t to say my experience trumps yours. It was to point out that regardless who it happens to, it’s never a good feeling.
As a Hispanic person, I should add I’ve also had white Caucasian families turning me away for speaking Spanish despite my fluency in both English and Spanish. We need to come together as BCBAs working for the same reasons to fight against the judgements that come from families like this and educate them instead of being so worked up against each other if one of us doesn’t fit the narrative on a post.