Module 4 | Assignment 1: Intersectionality
Instructions
Read
Chapter 10: Responses to racism in the community. In Racism in the United States: Implications for the helping professions (3rd ed.)
RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
How significant is your racial identity for you in relation to other aspects of your identity?
With which parts of your identity does your racial identity feel most integrated? With which parts do you feel tension? How would you explain the places of fit and disjuncture?
What social forces have supported or undermined the different aspects of your social identity? What social policies would you like to see changed to support yourself, your family, and your friends?
As a helping professional, what about your social identity will you want to be particularly mindful of when working with consumers?