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Critical Multicultural Social Work
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Social Work
Undergraduate 3
10/10/2011

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Stereotype
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stating generalizations. Come from lack of knowledge.
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Prejudice
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form opinion before knowing facts. preconceived ideas, good or bad. Is a key component of ignorance and segregation.
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Critical thinking
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the decreases prejudice. Should ask yourself, is this a good thing?
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Obstacles to critical thinking
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bad comparisons, biased language, going with popular view.
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Bigotry
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Same as prejudice. Intolerance
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Bias
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A preformed negative or positive opinion of others based on race, religion, sexual orientation,etc.
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Denigration
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talking negatively about others.
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Types of reactive syndromes
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Stereotype,prejudice,critical thinking,bigotry,bias,denigration,hate crimes.
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Ronald Takaki
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Japanese American (cab driver story)
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Master Narrative
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discusses the filters we use to see people. It is powerful, popular, but inaccurate.
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Fathers of the Master Narrative
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Fredrick Jackson Turner and Oscar Handlin.
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4 components of Cultural Competency
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1.Awareness of one's culture
2.Attitude toward differences
3.Knowledge of different practices.
4.Cross cultural skills.
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NASW cultural competencies for social workers
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1.ethic values
2.self awareness
3.cross cultural knowledge
4.cross cultural skills
5.service delivery
6.empowerment and advocacy
7.diverse work place
8.professional education
9.language diversity
10.cross cultural leadership
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Culture
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set of beliefs and behaviors shared by a group.(language, nonverbal communication, customs, religion, knowledge)
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Other cultural competencies for social workers
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genuine,empathy,open minded.
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Ethnographic perspective
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understanding meanings and intentions that shape social conduct. Concern with meaning. Do ethnographic interviewing.
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Ecomap
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external environment
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Genogram
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internal family relationships.
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10 ethnographic questions
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1.reasons for relocation
2.legal status
3.time in community
4.language spoken (home & comm)
5.health benefits
6.crisis events
7.holidays/special events
8.contact with church
9.values with education and work
10.values with family (power)
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Culturogram
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a tool used to understand the ethnographic questions list.
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights basic principles
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1.equality
2.universality
3.nondiscriminatory
4.indivisibility
5.responsibility
6.interdependence
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Human Rights
Definition
legal,political,and moral claims to conditions necessary for the well being of individuals.
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natural law theorists say human rights are...
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ethical rights
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The Declaration of Independence is the most prominent example of...
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human rights
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push/pull theory
Definition
being pushed away from your country and pulled to another country
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cultural adaptation
Definition
changes in response to environment
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stages of cultural adaptation
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1.initial contact
2.crisis (culture shock)
3.anomie (accepting)
4.adaptation (fully appreciate and can navigate the culture)
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acculturation
Definition
kind of adaptation where you adapt some but do not entirely turn loose of own culture.
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assimilation
Definition
kind of adaptation where you are more "Americanized", no carry over of own culture.
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Interviews are about...
Definition
building relationships, getting to know the client.
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Core concept in social work
Definition
person-in-environment
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race
Definition
color
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ethnicity
Definition
composed of people who share a sense of attachment on the basis of cultural criteria and a shared history.
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sexism/ageism
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discrimination based on gender/age
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diversity
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encompassing respect and acceptance. understanding that everyone is unique.
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critical multiculturalism
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a concept that allows us to move beyond the goal of learning about and appreciating diversity to engage in an exploration of the multiple and complex power relations of difference and the mechanisms of oppression that operate in society.
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stratification
Definition
the placement of different groups in society
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structural role theory
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examines systems of oppression, roles, motivation, and access to resources within the context of social structure.
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5 forms of multiculturalism
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1.conservative-white patriarchal culture
2.liberal-ignore class and gender diff. believes assimilation is the answer.
3.pluralist-separate but equal, values different cultures
4.left essentialist-focuses on difference, no bias
5.critical-focuses on emancipation
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critical consciousness
Definition
the ability to question one's history and social position for the purpose of confronting inequality
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critical multiculturalists...
Definition
work to expose the subtle and often hidden processes that sustain and perpetuate the privilege of certain groups and the processes that undermine the efforts of groups marginalized by class, race, gender, sex...
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oppression
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systematically reduces, molds, and immobilizes individual members of a group or category...occurring when groups are blocked from opportunities for self-development.
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five faces of oppression
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1. exploitation
2. marginalization
3. powerlessness
4. cultural imperialism
5. violence
(p.9)
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oppression operates on 3 levels
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individual, institutional, cultural/societal
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six social classes
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1.capitalistic class-high level politicians, heirs, top executives. income over $325k
2.upper-middle class-upper managers, professionals, income between $100k-$325
3.lower-middle class-semi-professionals, some college, income $50k-$100k
4.working class-clerical workers,blue-collar employees. usually have high school graduates $25k-50
5.working poor-service workers,laborers. no high school diploma. $15k-$20k
6.poor-unemployed or seasonal/part time. under $15k
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