Race And Ethnicity Chapter 4 Analysis
From chapter four, I learned that being a therapist, I have to think a lot before I speak and give advice to clients. Doing this will prevent me from making a client uncomfortable. Another thing the book stated which made me think a lot is the comment about race. It said that race is a social construct, not a scientific or biological fact. It was interesting learning about how race developed into a hierarchically issue. Race and ethnicity are different things and people do not realize the differences between the two. I have several questions from chapter four. When interacting with clients, if they use terms and microaggressions that you do not like, do you correct them? I think we should, but it could affect the dynamic of the relationship.
Also, if we do correct it, would it disturb the client’s reason for coming to a counselor? The author states that out of 17,000 families, 75% of White parents did not talk about race to their children to avoid conflict and it believe it would reinforce divisions. How can we as counselors and student affairs professionals, encourage people to talk about race in their household? Race is an issue that will not escape our society. From chapter five I learned a lot about different identities and how it affects your environment. One question the boom had asked is, “Does your identity differ in different settings?” I think my identity do look different in certain settings. When I am in America, some people view me in a negative way and they do not think that my race should succeed. When I had visit Nigeria, people view my identity as a wealthy man based on how I was dressed and the shade of my skin. People that are biracial may have trouble identifying themselves. Regarding multiracial people, if a person is mixed with black and white and they appeared more black, would they disown their white identity? A good hypothesis may help a therapist direct a session and maintain focus on the person in therapy’s primary concern. A therapist might also ask people for a personal hypothesis to gain their own understanding of the issue at hand.
Also, if we do correct it, would it disturb the client’s reason for coming to a counselor? The author states that out of 17,000 families, 75% of White parents did not talk about race to their children to avoid conflict and it believe it would reinforce divisions. How can we as counselors and student affairs professionals, encourage people to talk about race in their household? Race is an issue that will not escape our society. From chapter five I learned a lot about different identities and how it affects your environment. One question the boom had asked is, “Does your identity differ in different settings?” I think my identity do look different in certain settings. When I am in America, some people view me in a negative way and they do not think that my race should succeed. When I had visit Nigeria, people view my identity as a wealthy man based on how I was dressed and the shade of my skin. People that are biracial may have trouble identifying themselves. Regarding multiracial people, if a person is mixed with black and white and they appeared more black, would they disown their white identity? A good hypothesis may help a therapist direct a session and maintain focus on the person in therapy’s primary concern. A therapist might also ask people for a personal hypothesis to gain their own understanding of the issue at hand.