Discrimination Among Latinos

In this paper, the role of a social worker will be addressed. A Human Service professional has, in its hands, the responsibilities in the life of the clients and families they meet. The tremendous and arduous responsibilities they take on include, but are not limited to, the well-being and care of people and their communities. Such roles can be helping others manage the care of a family member, assisting individuals experiencing problems with family relations and conflicts, dealing with changes that come with growing old, aiding those suffering mental illness and or those individuals struggling with addictions. Briefly

As Maria Carteret notes in Cultural Values of Latinos and Families, “Latinos tend to be highly group-oriented. A strong emphasis is placed on family as the major source of one’s identity and protections against the hardships of life.” The Hispanic culture provides a strong support against the hardships of life and allows us to find a sense of unity even in the hardest times. When we are together, we feel invincible and inseparable. The Hispanic culture is forfeit without the sense of unity found within the family. Nury Chavarria, a Guatemalan native currently resides in a New Haven church with her family as she seeks protection from deportation back to a country she left over twenty-four years ago and a country her children have never set foot in. Chavarria exhibits the belief of fatalism as she can do little to change her destiny at this point. We can do little to change our fate; therefore, we must be willing to live while accepting any consequences which come with this life. Even in the face of adversity, the Hispanic culture also places emphasis on the belief in kindness and politeness even when dealing with stress and uncertainty in our lives. Hispanics view this as a natural concept of life. Therefore, we are not afraid of the unknown which allows us to remain kind and hopeful in the face of danger. As Chavarria states in an interview with the New York

Bourgeois and Schoenberg’s supposition explaining the absence of cultural relativism toward others while reviewing ethnographic research on a specific community or network of people, is especially true. Reviewing this research on the social work shows how important services and resources are for these communities. According to Brad Karoll, a social worker builds upon the client’s strengths. It is a basic principle for practitioner’s, known as the strengths based perspective. Karol defines the practice as knowing that all humans are capable of change and growth, this growth should be seen no matter the client’s circumstances, trauma, and oppression (Karoll, 2010). According to McGee and Warms (2013), relativism becomes dangerous when it seen

This paper will be addressing the differences between American and Latino culture. American culture is an individualistic culture in which everyone tries to be unique from one another and more successful. Success in the American culture typically means being wealthy. Americans make decisions based off of their own personal needs unlike Latino culture. Latino culture is based off of collectivism where the family is the most important aspect in their lives. Latinos are more likely to make decisions based off of the best interest of their families not necessarily themselves. The primary language Americans speak is English whereas Latino Americans typically speak Spanish. One thing that both cultures share is the importance of a good education.

Entering the field of social work has opened my mind to different concepts and theories. In this paper, I will explain my understanding of the systems theory, social constructionist perspective, as well as conflict theory. I will also compare and contrast the social constructionist perspective (SCP) and the conflict theory against the system theory.

Often times a child with a Hispanic background is not given the opportunity to rise to his

Conversely, some believe that Latino apathy toward education, rather than institutional racism, is what impedes academic success. It is their work ethic and lack of familial support that disengages students from the learning process. If Latino students would stop being lazy and commit to their studies and if parents would get involved and show some interest in their children’s education, instead of blaming poor performance on teacher bias, then success would

Latino/Hispanic Americans cover a much wider demographic then believed. Latino/Hispanic Americans consist of; Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Guatemalan American to name a few. Latino/Hispanic Americans are the largest ethnic group in the United States. The Latino/Hispanic culture is very different than ours. Their culture differs in economics, politics, family traditions, family structure, religion, education, language, fashion, art, music, dancing, and food. As natural born Americans in the United States it is important for us to learn about the different cultures migrating into the United States. Many United States citizens have a hard time understanding other cultures; being culturally insensitive is a common theme in the United

I know that my vision of justice is smaller in scale than what this MSW program seems to be advocating. However, I see the value in attending to the immediate needs of my clients because worrying about whether or not they can eat or where they can live cannot be forgotten in the struggle toward equality for all. Ever since I wanted to become a social worker, I am very aware that my passion in social work lies in direct practice with Filipino youth and their families. While I understand that there will be times when advocacy is needed, I see advocacy as an addition to what I truly want to do in social work. There are several strengths to performing social justice within a smaller sphere and employing both individual and group empowerment. One can see immediate changes in the quality of services to clients. Cohesion and relationship building with fellow social workers should be a priority because if you cannot even trust your coworkers, being able to advocate together with the community would not be possible due to infighting over the goals. This smaller approach takes into account that limited funding and too many caseloads makes grand gestures for social justice are not feasible to the majority of social workers. I do see the limitations of a smaller approach, however. Namely, the progress toward social justice is slower and more minimal to existing structures. As well, much more energy is expended to sustain the small forms of resistance (Smith,

The word Latino conveys a racial idea, and Latinos practice patriarchal he social system. The man of the house hold the male's position of respect and authority in the family, although women’ role is redefining, women most of the time continue having a subordinate position.

Social Work is a career that you can make a significant impact on people’s lives. Social work is a spectacular career choice. However, working in this profession as a social work it can and will be challenges that will occur. A social worker enhances the welfare of communities, individuals and societies. Furthermore, social work aims to aid social change, development, cohesion, and empowerment. I had the pleasure of interviewing Latosha McIntyre about her work duties as a social worker with Day Spring Behavior Health Service. Day Spring Behavior Health Service is a non-profit- organization that offers a variety of behavioral health services to individuals and families. This paper will enclose Latosha McIntyre job activities, professional

It makes sense that this section refers to a theory for practice as a system of ideas that are used to explain the Social Work practice. It borrows ideas and knowledge from other disciplines from both the clinical and empirical research (Appleby, 2011) . This is necessary to deal with the diversity of the populations the Social Work profession services. It refers to the creation of theories via observation to assist with not only the diverse but the oppressed as well while calling out its limitation to bring about change. The overall basis of the social work profession is to help clients change his or her current predicament.

For instance when it comes to political and social action and policy practice, community social workers advocate, research and take leadership roles. The out come that’s desired here, is the move towards action for social justice, and changing policy makers or even policies for communities. Another example would be a social workers role in community practice with coalitions. They would be mediators, spoke persons, negotiators, bridge builders, organizers and also working in roles of administration. From past to the present community social work practice is considered an important method that contains the NASWs values, knowledge and skills. Communities across the globe are growing more and more multicultural. Also, with global changes, cross-national conflicts, protecting the rights of humans is critical in building and stabilizing communities that are socially just.

Social work education needs to focus on teaching global issues and applying the structural and anti-oppressive principles of practice (Razack & Badwell, 2006). According to Mohan (2005) stated by Razack & Badwell (2006) that the social work profession seems to be silent to teach students to achieve adequate skills to think and act globally. This essay will be divided into five sections. The first section will briefly describe the topic. The second section will discuss the global issues in social work education. The third section will discuss the anti-oppression approach in social work practice. The fourth section will discuss the importance of the structural social work practice. Finally, the fourth section will justify the thesis statement with support of the literature.

I will initially outline the main concepts and main perspectives from a selection of these authors, and aim to conclude, that is is the “sociological thinking” gained from “unpacking” this knowledge, that can be applied to Social Work today. “Social theory,