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Race/Culture Quiz 1
Williams USF MSW Quiz 1
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10/08/2018

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Strengths Perspective
Definition
working with strengths found both in people seeking help and in their environments. Gives attention to the client's basic dignity and to the resilience they exhibit as they try to overcome challenges in their life
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Ecological Systems Perpective
Definition
look at client holistically, within the context of their transactions with a variety of biological, psychological, social and cultural environent
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Social Justice Perspective
Definition
enhance human well-being and help meet the basic needs of all people with particular attention to the needs andempowement of peoplle who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty
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Advocacy
Definition
A way to ensure that everyone matters and everyone is heard
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Negative Rights
Definition
civil and political rights. Meanat to ensure freedom from restricting one's individual libery
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Positive rights
Definition
aimed at ensuring social justice, freedome ffrom want and participation in the social, economic, and cultural aspects of life
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Intersectionality
Definition
The multidimensionality and complexity of the human cultureal experience where multiple idetities come together or intersect.
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Moral Exclusion
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occurs when persons or groups are perceived as being outside the boundary in which values, rules, and consideration of fairness apply
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Ethnocentric monoculturism
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Belief in inferiority of others (racially/ethnically marginalized groups) and superiority of own group (one’s own cultural heritage is superior to others). Power to impose a standard and decide appropriate behavior desirable in society.
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White Privilege
Definition
societal privileges that benefit people identified as white in Western countries, beyond what is commonly experienced by non-white people under the same social, political, or economic circumstances (unearned). Often don’t even realize they are receiving these benefits, take them for granted.
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Individual Racism
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is any behavior or pattern of behaviors that tend to systematically deny access to opportunities or privileges to an individual or members of one racial group while allowing members of another racial group to enjoy those opportunities or privileges.
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Institutional Racism
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creates structural barriers that exclude certain groups from social resources, access and power while simultaneously benefit the majority group. A set of policies, practices and normative behaviors designed to oppress minority individuals and groups and force them to be dependent on the larger society
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Overt racism
Definition
INtentioNAL racism
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Covert Racism
Definition
UNINTENTIONAL racism
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Prejudice
Definition
a learned condition that is expressed with racist, sexist, homophobic, or similar beliefs in an unfavorable feeling such as hatred, and , or hostility towards an excluded group of individual members
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Discrimination
Definition
an action resulting from prejudices
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Oppression
Definition
a structural form of discrimination
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exploitation
Definition
when the labor of one social group are transferred to benefit another group
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marginalization
Definition
A situation where under-inclusion leads to outgroups who are adversely affected and are invisible to the dominate group
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Majority
Definition
the group with the most power and influence, not necessarily the group with the most people
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Minority
Definition
The groups that have been systematically excluded from power and opportunities for advancement
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Cultural Competence
Definition
the processs by which individuals and systems respond respectfully and effectively to people of all clutures...
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Culture
Definition
pattern of behavior that includes thoughts, communication, actions, customs, beliefs, values, etc.
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dimensions of cultural awareness
Definition
Cultural awareness, knowledge acquisition, skil develoopment
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Components of Cultural Copetence
Definition
1)becoming aware of one's own values
2)Understanding the worldviews of culturally diverse clients
3) Devloping appropriate intervention strategies and techniques
4) understanding organizational and institutionial forces that enhance or diminish cultural competence
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