Cultural Differences Of Multicultural Identity

Each client is influenced by race, ethnicity, national origin, life stage, educational level, social class, and sex roles (Ibrahim, 1985). The counsellor must view the identity and development of culturally diverse people in terms of multiple interactive factors rather than a strictly cultural framework (Romero, 1985).

There is a Mexican man that enters with the rest of his family. They eat beans, rice, flour tortillas and etc. The family does there every day routine, the dad wakes up at six- thirty to go to work in his truck. The children go to school and the mother stays at home. The things a person does in their all has a reason which goes all back to culture. Culture is what makes up everyone different from one another. Texts such as “What is Cultural Identity?”, “Where Worlds Collide” and “Two ways to Belong” supports that depending on one’s culture it effects one perspective on the world and others.

This caused me to think about various aspects of cultural diversity that are fundamental while dealing with clients. The information I gathered was key to my path to becoming a culturally competent occupational therapist in various ways. First, the idea of viewing patients from culturally and linguistically diverse community from various perspectives is new to me, and I intend to incorporate it into strategies with my potential clients by taking each individual as unique and distinct from the other hence serving them better. Secondly, the information on cultural competency being a dynamic and complex process requiring continuous expansion of personal, cultural know-how and self-evaluation was new. I intended to incorporate this while dealing with potential clients by continuous interaction with people from distinct cultures to be acquainted with knowledge on how best to serve the needs of each person

Having knowledge of different cultures and how it affects people is utterly important for social workers. Cultural competence for me, means having an understanding and acquiring knowledge of different cultures in order to effectively serve different clients and to understand their complex needs. Social workers should routinely review the professional literature and participate in continuing education relevant to social work practice and social work ethics (NASW, 2008).

This section seeks to understand how mixed race individuals’ social identities are shaped by their multiracial heritage by focusing on the growing body of research on development of mixed race identity in a multicultural society. In contrast to traditional, monoracial models of social identity development, a multiracial approach has been necessitated by the expansion of globalization and interracial relationships (Kellogg & Liddell, 2012, p. 525).

Culture is a framework through which individuals live and interpret their reality. Clients vary by social class, spiritual beliefs, physical and mental attributes, sexual orientation, gender, race, ethnicity, race. Being sensitive of the differences and characteristics of each culture is fundamental in the practice of helping professionals. Learning this informations, discussing about why it is important to have a multicultural approach in our chosen profession, made me realize that I in the future I would like to work in multicultural

The Central Theme in the forth chapter of On Being Different is about Multiculturalism and on self identity. The way that we view ourselves is different than how others might view us.

When working with different cultures we have to be able to work in a professional matter. Culture is important because is an everyday life in our workplace when interact with other people. Being self-awareness of the other person culture when addressing thing to the client, the language that we use that won’t made them feel offend and appropriate approach such as a hand shack or a smile. Also looking things from a difference perspective such as asking then their opinions and maybe that can you understand their decisions. We have to respect the client’s space for example building a relationship little by little so the client can feel comfortable to open up to us a social worker.

With an increase in cultural diversity in the United States, Social Workers are faced with the daily challenge of cultural competence. Cultural competence is more than just knowing about a culture. Cultural competence has been defined as “a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system or agency or among professionals and enable the system, agency, or professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations (Teasley M, 2014)."

I feel very prepared for working with people of various cultures in the increasingly multicultural world based on my personal experiences and knowledge. Having a cultural identity as a female minority in this diverse society has given me the advantage of relating to those who come from a different cultural background. Coming to a largely populated university from my small hometown has exposed me to numerous opportunities of working with individuals of various cultural identities, which in turn has broadened my perception and experiences. I have played sports with, studied with, worked with, and became friends with individuals of various sexual orientations, genders, ethnicities/race, social class, and religious backgrounds. My cultural identity

Would you describe yourself as multiracial, or do you see yourself as belonging to a single race? Why? Page 8

The complexity of a cultural identity is often underestimated. The groups we identify ourselves with, have crafted the hearts of our character. So, a cultural identity is unique to one person because of these groups varying from one’s ethnicity to the music they favor. Having been greatly influenced by my nationality, race, and generation, my cultural identity is that I am a Generation Z, Hmong-American.

“If we don’t fully understand our individual and collective roles in maintaining a system of white superiority, our relationships with people of color remains superficial, our ability to work in diverse workplaces is greatly diminished, and we fail to create a just world in which everyone has an equitable opportunity to contribute and thrive” (Kendall, 2013, p. 1). This paper discusses who I am as a cultural person and how I have come to be this way. The first section of this paper discusses my cultural background and my cultural identity. I address the factors that make up my cultural identity and the challenges that I have faced because of my cultural identity. The next section discusses my White racial identity development and the events in my life that have led me to become the person I am today in relation to my racial identity. The final section of this paper outlines the implications my own racial and cultural identity will have on my career as a clinical mental health counselor.

Cultural identity is the basis in which identification is used to express different aspects pertaining to identity and heritage. A person's cultural identity may be created by social organization, as well as traditions and customs within their lives. The two aspects that construct my cultural identity are the frequent chores I must complete every day in order to fulfill my behavioral expectations, and the youth group I attend weekly. These aspects are important to my family and me. Therefore, my identity has an immeasurable effect on my upbringing into this multi-cultural world I live in.

In this essay the emphasis is to be on culture and the different variations of how cultural categories are separated and defined. The primary focus is that of multiculturalism. Multiculturalism, as defined by Merriam-Webster is “relating to or including many different cultures”. It is multicultural in adjective form. I find this interesting because an adjective is something that doesn’t stand alone, it needs a helper to make it become what it is intended to be. I define multiculturalism as a group of different cultures that must exist together to create a society a cohesive unit. It has to exist in order for society as a whole, to exist and progress. I don’t believe a single