Students will write a 4 6 page paper (not including cover page and reference page- Total of 6-8 pages) describing your own cultural identity and how it will impact your practice as a social worker.
In this description include:
your personal experiences with race, gender, immigration, culture, religion, education, socio-economic status, family, sexuality, health care, community, and relationships; discuss how you experience your cultural identities in relationship to others and within society (3 points)
the areas in which you have experienced privilege; discuss power lines (3 points)
your experiences with intersectionality (critical race theory); discuss meta-and epistemic cognitions (3 points)
discuss your family of origins history, values, norms, attitudes and beliefs, and the significance of economic, social, and political factors on those values, norms, and beliefs. (3 points)
highlight the similarities and differences between your family of origins perspective and your own perspective; (3 points)
discuss how your cultural identity will impact your work as a social worker including a discussion on your own cultural biases, limitations, and experiences in value differences and conflict as it pertains to social work practice. (5 points)