Personal Stereotypes In Social Work

Many social workers do not actively dismiss the unpleasant reputation, unlike other professions or groups that attempt to clear themselves from the murky media monsters. The only way to clear the murk is to shed a little light on the actual happenings and jobs that social workers are a part

Based upon the lecture it is now my opinion that race is an ideology and should not be considered a physical fact. As presented in the lecture, just because someone appears to be black, does not mean they should be classified as solely “black.” The example given about Barack Obama having a white birth mother and black birth father, and yet he is classified as black. I am curious to know if Obama himself classifies himself as black, or if this is something the public classifies him as. I think most people consider race as a physical fact but should not. An example being when someone appears to be Asian, but in reality they could be a mixture of different ethnicities. Many stereotypes are based upon physical facts, rather than the actual knowledge

Walking into “Briarcliff Manor”, the psychiatric hospital in American Horror Story: Asylum, immediately you hear patients screaming in your ear, the smell of rust from the chains staff use to restrain them, you can feel the tension between the staff and the patients and if you go into the day room you see people banging their heads on the wall, staring into space, fidgeting endlessly, or talking to someone who isn’t there. Patients are held in cell-like rooms with only a little-barred window and a small opening that staff can slide their food through. The show goes as far as to show a doctor using the patients to “experiment” during which he created “Raspers” which were mutated versions of the patients and were fed deceased patients. Psychiatric hospitals have always been portrayed as a horrifying place to go, American Horror Story hasn't helped that stereotype. It is true that psychiatric hospitals have treated their patients terribly, that was almost seventy years ago. Since then long-stay psychiatric hospitals have been closed with more services to truly help these patients, along with the hospitals have gained laws that need to be followed, there are no hospitals that treat people as inhumanely as hospitals have in the past. These stereotypes scare people from going into a psychiatric hospital to receive the help they truly need because of shows portraying the mentally ill in such a negative way. The mentally

Clients influence social workers in many ways including both positive and negative ways. This influence can create change within ourselves, challenge us, help us grow, and inspire us in many ways. On the other hand, as social workers we will not always agree with the values, moral judgments, and behaviors of our clients. As we experience strong reactions to our clients’ values, moral judgments, and behaviors related to such things as parenting, domestic violence, or drug use we must be aware of how our clients influence us to be aware of how we respond to the client and the influence they have on us. If we are not aware of how our clients impact us we may respond unethically based on our personal values. If we are aware of the influence that our clients and these reactions have on us then we can be more aware of our reactions and responses to our clients to ensure we respond ethically. God places our clients in front of us to help each client make positive changes in their lives, not to convince our client to adopt our personal values, moral judgements, and behaviors. We can and should model for our clients, but we must not attempt to force our values and behaviors on our clients.

On a daily bases people make excuses for everything. Everything meaning our actions and the things that we say. Common things that we make excuse for deal with sexist, racist, and heterosexist comments. Sexist is classified as saying that one sex is better than the other. An example of this is someone calling a male or female something that they are not. I do not like this because we are all humans and deserve to be respected and not called something that is degrading. We all know that racist is downgrading one race compared to another. An example of this is, saying that all black people are loud and ghetto. We all act the same but some people do certain things different from others. That’s just there way of living. I do not think that just because one person acts one way the whole race does also. Heterosexist is defined as heterosexuality is better than all other expressions. An example of this would be talking about how a guy dresses and calling him gay. I do not agree with this as well because it is good to stand out and be your own person not matter how others see you.

There are numerous assumptions and stereotypes people fabricate about WIC participants. Some of these assumptions and stereotypes are that people on the WIC program abuse the system by being dependent on the system and not using government assistance programs as they were originally intended when it was created in 1972. Additionally, other assumptions are that the majority of minorities or people of color are using these government agencies. I believe the writer of this case study used this assumption when writing it because she made a point to give the readers the illusion that Mrs. Ortiz is of Hispanic origin. Another assumption that I perceived from this case study is the use of the name Rebecca obviously the author is trying to refer

This study focuses on the how different people response to different targets based on the race of the target based on their stereotypes. This study was brought on by the shooting and killing of an unarmed black man named Amadou Diallo who was thought to be an alleged rapist that the police were looking for. It is thought that the police officers shot Diallo based off of his race and stereotyping. The purpose of this study is to find out whether the police officers would have still treated Diallo the same way if he was White. The results were that stereotypes played a role in how fast an armed and unarmed African American male is shot and how fast an armed an unarmed White male is shot. Overall, African Americans were shot more whether they

This past discussion that we had in class was very interesting. Growing up in the world that we live in you tend to see things on social media but not really grasp the idea of what you saw. I really did not learn about any of this growing up. The idea of multiple genders I didn’t see it in my schools my parents did not really talk about it. To be honest they did not talk about that topic at all. I don’t know if they are ignorant on that topic or they refuse to acknowledge it. I’ve seen and heard people talk about it but I’ve never really knew about it. It wasn’t until I went to class and that I learned more in depth into it. Growing up in a strict religious Caribbean household there is a lot of conversations that do not happen. I think they would lowkey

I am an accountant at a small business. However, my co-workers do not know my beliefs or my activities outside of work. I keep this to myself so that I can have a peaceful work environment because my office is filled with nothing but liberals that are going to hell. I am also involved in the hiring process so when we have Jews or fags interview, I fail them on every question. I do not want any fags or Jews anywhere near me and they can go elsewhere to find work. Since no one knows about my beliefs, I am free to discriminate against Jews and gays and I can blame their answers for why I did not hire them (Weichselbaumer, 2003). I tell these stories to my friends at church and we always have a good laugh.

Stereotypes in the workplace will always happen but in order to be a great practitioner working with children it is essential you see every child as an individual.

A stereotype is an exaggerated belief, image or distorted truth about a person or group. Stereotypes are based on images in mass media, or reputations passed on by parents, peers and other members of society. Stereotypes can have a negative and positive impact on individuals. For example, seeing police officers buying donuts and coffee,whiling talking could be perceived as laziness. This is a typical stereotype in America, which is not always the case. As nurses,we must have diversity awareness in order to maintain patient safety and comfort. For example, if a nurse lacks competence in transcultural nursing and does not do a diversity assessment on his or her patient, then administers insulin, while leaving a tray of culturally forbidden foods

At TCC, there was a young woman who came into the office with her father. She was visibly upset and it showed in the way she addressed me (who was at the front desk before meeting with them). Her father was explaining that the rule in his household is that if his daughter is not enrolled in any classes, then she is not welcome there. Upon looking at her advisement transcript, she had only eight credits to go in order to receive her associate’s degree. Even though the student only had eight credits left to graduate, she was not interested in taking any classes. Her plan was to enter into the surgical technology program at Sentera. She was not interested in taking any classes at TCC any longer. Her father was insisting that she at least take one class in order for her to stay living with him.

I worked with a young man who was assigned male on his birth certificate. His personality and behavior was as if he was a female. Even though his character and behavior was different from his assigned birth, I watched some co-workers stereotype him the same way that society does. I was congruent with him, the only thing I could see was his muscular image of a man. When I questioned him on why he acted the way he was acting as a female, he explained to me that he always had been that way even as a child. He went on to say how he would play with dolls and walk in high heels shoes as a child. I did not understand even after he explained these things to me, only after wanting to become a social worker and educating myself on gender identity by

I believe it is difficult to overcome stereotype in the work industry. These stereotypes have been around for a long time and affect both males and females in their ability to “fit into” a work environment. The high female participation rate I chose was the 90% of woman as a registered nurse. This has been a traditional woman’s job, in fact, the only job available to women who wanted to join the military in the past. This job like many other high participation rates in the chart is a caring, nurturing, and humanitarian career. This was believed to be a natural fit for a woman to care for the sick and injured. The low participation rate I chose requires a training skill and has a rate of only 2.4% which is an electrician. The low participation

As the saying goes, “Our children are our future” and who you are as a child can determine who you can be later on in life. It is important for a child to be in a safe, comfortable and loving environment during its development so that the child can have the full advantage to become the best he can be in his future. My future career as a social worker will ensure just that. I chose this profession because of my own history. Growing up, I’ve had my share of social workers in my house. I experienced them as people who helped my family during a hard time. This is a career where I can fight for people’s rights. I will also be able to protect