For this 2-3 page paper, you are asked to build on and expand last weeks analysis of your ethnic identity to your cultural identity and reflection of your past experiences. This is a paper that will be completed midway through the course and on an aspect that is dynamic, constantly evolving and shifting, and affected by its societal context. You are not asked to reflect on your culture in an academic context so much as in a personal one. Thus, this assignment is one with its core in reflection and conversation. I highly encourage using this as an opportunity to speak with your family and other important people in your life as you learn to describe yourself as a member of your culture. Some initial questions to guide your self-portrait include the following:
When did you and/or your family come to the United States? How did they arrive here? From where did they originate?
Where, geographically, has your family lived?
What ethnic and/or cultural traditions does your family have?
What sort of cultural heritage has been passed down from generations prior to yours? Are there particular foods, customs, celebrations, dress, or other characteristics that are culturally valued by you and/or your family?
What level of exposure have you had to members of other cultural backgrounds? When were you first exposed to people different from yourself? What are your most poignant memories from that time?
How diverse is the group of people with whom you currently associate? This includes professionally, personally, spiritually, etc.
When did you first realize that racism existed? Sexism? Heterosexism? Ethnocentrism? If you were to bring home a friend for the holidays who was different from you in religion, sexual orientation, disability, or ethnicity, how do you think your family would react?
If you were to begin dating seriously, or were to marry, someone who was different from your family in terms of religion, sexual orientation, disability, or ethnicity, how do you think your family would react?
How would you feel if you had a child who wanted to marry someone of a different race or religion?
How would you feel if you had a child who was gay or lesbian?
What would it be like to work with a client who was from a different background than you? What about a client who differed in terms of basic values and beliefs?
What strengths and weaknesses do you bring to helping clients from diverse/multicultural backgrounds?
Which populations do you feel most comfortable with and which ones are least comfortable? Explore and explain why.
This is intended to be a thoughtful, reflection-type paper, rather than a formal research paper. Therefore, it can be written using I language. Importantly, this paper is not intended to be a criticism of you or your family, but, rather, to be used as a heuristic device or means to explore your values, assumptions, and ways of knowing, at their core foundations. This paper should be 2-3 pages, not including cover page. MAKE SURE TO COVER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS!
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