Cultural Self-Assessment. Below are some questions that will serve as a guide and basis for writing this cultural self-assessment paper. Students are asked to use the questions below as a frame of reference for developing a clear and helpful understanding of experiences and reactions. It is my hope that you will take the opportunity to vis these thoughts and feelings to further enhance your future social work practice with diverse cultural groups.
What is your cultural/racial/ethnic identity? How do you identify yourself? If your cultural/racial/ethnic background is diverse with which do you most closely identify?
How important is cultural/racial/ethnic identity to you?
How did your family of origin influence your sense of cultural/racial/ethnic identification?
Cultural Self-Assessment. What are the highest held beliefs or values of your cultural/racial/ethnic group? Discuss which of these values you like most and which you like least?
How has your culture/race/ethnicity influenced your perceptions about – Problem identification, Problem solving, Help-seeking behaviors.
Do persons of your cultural/racial/ethnic group experience racism and discrimination? Have you ever been discriminated against based on your cultural/racial/ethnic identity? Have you ever discriminated against someone based on their cultural/racial/ethnic identity?
Discuss your personal biases about diverse cultural groups (e.g., gender, age, class, race, ethnicity, sexual or affectional preferences, physical/mental abilities, religious/spiritual beliefs, and culture/race/ethnicity). Specifically address how and where you have struggled with these biases.
Discuss your goals and specific practical strategies for addressing and/or managing these biases in your personal and professional life.
Cultural Self-Assessment. Discuss which groups, other than your own, that you think you understand best. Why? Which do you understand least? Why?
Below are some questions that will serve as a guide and basis for writing this cultural self-assessment paper. Students are asked to use the questions below as a frame of reference for developing a clear and helpful understanding of experiences and reactions. It is my hope that you will take the opportunity to vis these thoughts and feelings to further enhance your future social work practice with diverse cultural groups.
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