Dr. Carlos Hipolito-Delgado:

We have reached a decision regarding your submission to Revista Interamericana de Psicologia/Interamerican Journal of Psychology, "What Do Allies Do?: Providing Culturally Responsive Counseling to Communities of Color".

Our decision is to: Revisions are required:  See the comments below and let me know with a cover letter what revisions are made and where:

This article is timely because of our current socio-political climate and the current population composition in the U. S. However, the article does not address any of these elements as part of the rational as to why this study is necessary at this point. I would have liked to see that as part of the framework.

I also would like the authors to define their concepts. For example, I do not know how they define people of color, what other cultural elements they are thinking of when they say that they want to address elements other than race and ethnicity. I think that those elements need to be included to help the readers understand the authors' proposals.

I appreciate that the authors tried hard to analyze their data without a preconceived theory but I would have like to see a stronger analysis of how they did that. The authors need to do a spell check before submitting their document. Overall, I think we need articles like this one that address contemporary problems that have not been explored enough.
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Edil Torres Rivera, Ph.D., Editor
Interamerican Journal of Psychology
http://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP