Derald (2013) stated, “The adage “counselor or therapist, know thyself” is the basic building block to cultural competence in the helping professions.” (P.6) Part of connecting with clients includes the separation and awareness of the helping professional versus the other person. The helping profession has not always embraced the awareness of self in regards to culture. To be culturally competent the helping professional should conceptualize the issue with the understanding of the cultural background of their client. In this paper I will summarize significant historical changes in society that influenced cultural counseling, discuss the changes in worldview, culture, ethnicity, prejudice, and privilege. Furthermore, I will examine contemporary issues, such as the implications of a more diverse society, the effects of discrimination, and the availability of services. With this in mind I will explain why cultural and linguistic standards for services are important in organizations today.…
Pinderhughes, E.B., (1988). Significance of culture and power in the human behavior curriculum. Ethnicity and Race: Critical Concepts in Social Work. (p. 229) Jacobs & Bowles.…
I now understand that following the National Association of Social Workers’ Code of Ethics, in terms of multicultural competence, means that as social workers we must seek to have a working knowledge of the world and people around us. We as clinicians must strive to understand clients’ culture, engage in dialogue about social diversity and oppression, and incorporate all this information into service. Cultural competence in the frame of ethics calls clinicians to have a working knowledge of diverse backgrounds while also allowing the clients knowledge of their personal experience to guide your interventions and interactions with them as individuals. Cultural competence in policy and practice also calls social workers to seek to understand the ways that oppression and power affect diverse…
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.…
Race is known to be the biological difference between groups. It is culturally constructed and was created by countries conducting imperialism and colonization.…
Define the following terms. You may use definitions from the class readings, or from outside sources. If your definitions are from outside sources, cite the source(s) using APA style with in-text citations and a reference list.…
Have you ever read more than one storyline in one book? I had to read two graphic novels in my English 16 class that I'll be discussing throughout my essay. The first book was American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang that faced a huge problem about three different storylines and each storyline the character tries to fit into the society. The second book I'll talk about is Through the woods by Emily Carroll, her book talks about five horror mysterious stories. Each story type is different from the other. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll is more of a mysterious story, opens up the reader’s mind and allows him to connect the perfect idea of the book with his point of view. On the the side, in American born Chinese, Yang focuses on race and identity differences in each story line.…
The distinction between race and ethnicity is important because ethnicity can be displayed or hidden whereas racial identities are always displayed. Race and ethnicity are important in the field of sociology and have great role in every day human interactions.…
Racial and ethnic disparities in health disproportionately affect minority Americans. One of the greatest challenges facing the US healthcare system is the persistence of disparities in infant and maternal health among the different racial and ethnic groups.…
What information about race and ethnicity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to specific minority groups? In the first week of class when we were asked the question in our journal entry of a subordinate group member defining race and ethnicity, what does the terms race and ethnicity mean to me. After researching that question and getting thorough meaning of race and ethnicity I was able to understand and relate to specific minority group such as African Americans because I am one. Have i learned something new about my own cultural history? Yes, of course I have learned new things for example I learned that eight to twelve million African Americans were transported to what was called…
The notion of race has been thrown around a lot recently in academic settings, social circles, and the media. From the tokenistic fallacy that President Obama’s presidency crushed the argument of so-called “racial disparities” to the incorrect clumping of whole religions into a perverse race, race discussions remain abundantly found in society, both explicitly and implicitly. But what is race? Many seem to believe that it’s a natural, biological occurrence. That one’s so-called race stems from a different set of genetics that make up his racial group. Others may believe that it’s simply a societal sorter, based entirely on perceptions and not biology. Yet disparities exist in society from one racial group to another, and many times it’s perceived as any one group’s genetics being inferior to any other group’s genetics. Perceived racial inferiorities are not the product of genetic determination; rather, they are the result of societal inequities reinforced by the incorrect belief in the former.…
Racial and ethnic discrimination is something that makes me mad. Racial & ethics discrimination occurs daily and obstructs the progress of millions of people worldwide. Racism and intolerance destroy lives and communities. This big issue deprives people of the fundamental principles of equality and non-discrimination. The fight against discrimination is a priority problem. It is necessary to identify this problem that has generated an unequal treatment of a person or group of persons. A couple years ago I went to the movies with a group of friends and we saw a very tense situation between a security man and another woman. The woman was a person from the amazon (Peru). The security man didn’t allow her to enter to the movies. We were so upset…
Does race and ethnicity play a role in how art is made? What is considered to be Asian American art? These are the questions one would ask in order to better understand the relationship between race and ethnicity and how it ties in with Asian American art. Every piece of artwork has a story, a message expressed to the audiences. These messages may portray more than one influence, but the main influence that inspires the creation of the art is through the artist’s race and ethnicity. Through race and ethnicity, the artist can express their experiences, history, and concerns of Asian American. It may be expressed through music, literature, and even in humor.…
grandparents. I was the first in my family to no have followed such tradition as my…
Ethnicity and race has had a big influence on peoples' every day life choices. In some way or another, most people will be judged according to their color of their skin or their ethnic background. We live in a society full of different races and cultures affecting the way we interact with each other, as well as influencing our views on equality and differences among the many different races in our society. Often influential media groups and social standards shape our beliefs, also affecting how we interact with cultures different from our own, and how various groups interact with each other. Race and ethnicity may be defined as a type of grouping or classification based on a persons origin of birth and includes their racial appearance, language, religion and culture. Ethnicity can be defined as a social construction that indicates identification with a particular group who share common cultural traits, such as language, religion and traditions.…