Background
Describe your ethnic, racial, and cultural background.
What generation in the U.S. do you represent?
Where do your ancestors come from?
How did they get here?
Why did they come here?
What positive or negative migration experiences do you or other members of your family remember?
How easy or difficult was it for them to adapt to life in this country at the time?
Did they or you experience rejection or prejudice based on race, religion, or nationality?
What social conflicts have you or your family experienced within the mainstream American culture?
Does your immediate family or extended family practice any cultural celebrations, customs, or traditions What are some of them?
Which do you value most?
Do any language barriers impact you and your family? If so, explain.
Gender Roles
What, if any, gender stereotypes were you taught as you were growing up? What were the main expectations for males and females for each of the following?
Education
Employment
Dating patterns
Role of wife and role of husband
Childcare and parenting
Sexuality Importance of individual versus family
Personal Reflection
Explore the following questions related to your life and your future as a helping professional. How do you think your unique background has influenced your personal expectations, beliefs, and life goals as a woman or man?
How does your background affect your views of other cultures?
Do you or did you ever experience conflict about your ethnic or racial identity, or sex roles?
How does your cultural background impact you as a student? How do you think your background will help or hinder you as a helping professional?
What assets or benefits might you have based on your cultural upbringing? In what ways have you experienced privilege?
What aspects of your culture of origin do you embrace, and which may you want to reject?
Case study insight:
My aunt name is Cassandra McKnight, she is 50 years old. Ethnicity and racial background would be Black, African American Female. She is married with four children. She is currently a Gen X. The role that she partakes in with being a wife is working as a home health nurse and coming back home to make sure the household chores and duties are fulfilled. Her children are in grade school, so throughout the day they are in school and when they get out they return back home and do homework.
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Describe your ethnic, racial, and cultural background.
African American male from Houston Texas
What generation in the U.S. do you represent?
Generation X
Where do your ancestors come from?
My mother is from Camden Arkansas and my Father is from Houston Texas
How did they get here? They were both born in those places
Why did they come here?
My ancestors were brought into this country through slavery. They did not come by choice they were forced. Once here they were sold into slavery to work on plantations.
What positive or negative migration experiences do you or other members of your family remember?
Negative was racism, there were unfair laws that prevented people of color of owning anything and doing things that others were afford to have.
Positive over decades time has given opportunity to monorities to have sucesss in many different areas but it only came with time. There are still many struggles minorities faces in this country today.
How easy or difficult was it for them to adapt to life in this country at the time?
It was not easy to adapt, initially my ancestors where not even allowed to learn to read and write.
Did they or you experience rejection or prejudice based on race, religion, or nationality?
Abosoulely I myself experienced racism in the military. I was looked over for awards and many other opportunities that I was more qualified than others. However I still pushed toward promotions and rank so I could et to the top and make changes to a broken system that I had experienced
What social conflicts have you or your family experienced within the mainstream American culture?
There is a social bias on people of color no matter what state in America you go to.
Does your immediate family or extended family practice any cultural celebrations, customs, or traditions What are some of them?
Being from Texas my family celebrates June Teenth. This is where slavey was finally abolished in Texas. Up until this year it was not recognized as a national holiday but it is now. Many people from other states were not even aware of this holiday. Also celebrating thanksgiving and Christmas with my family because we be able to come together and be grateful for each other.
Which do you value most?
I value June Teenth the most because we are able to express our freedom and be proud of our black culture and roots
Do any language barriers impact you and your family? If so, explain.
No
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