Counselors-in-training are often overwhelmed with information, including a plethora of identity development models that describe the experiences of various racial and cultural groups. A thorough grounding in the Racial/Cultural Identity Development Model (Sue & Sue, 1999), which weaves together commonalities in diverse models, provides students and new practitioners with a firm conceptual framework. Drawing upon clinical experience and relevant literature, the authors demonstrate that, in addition to describing racial and ethnic identity, the model may be used to describe identity development in the face of marginalization by oppressive systems (e.g., sexism, heterosexism, beauty-ism, …