The Integrative Components Of The Afro-Centric Perspective

Carter’s situation is not out of the scope of the social work practice it is a unique situation to Ms. Carter as the client and the practitioner the professional. The understanding of Ms. Carter’s presenting factors, will reflect in the conception of theory that is specific to the issues that Ms. Carter has. Being culturally competent of the philosophy and traditional practices of the African American community give insight on thoughts, beliefs, and formalities set in the African Americans culture. Key components in servicing Ms. Carter are establishing rapport, trust, services, and Ms. Carter gaining a sense of solidity. When the implementation of practice is applied, Ms. Carter will greatly benefit from the professionalism demonstrated by the social worker through the work that has been done to aid Ms. Carter with the social issues that have plagued her for so

During the 1960s, social work was still in progress in America. Many employees of social work were sent to graduate school of social work to get a master’s degree. This meant that social work was developing and it was being recognised as a real profession and that gave social workers a chance and opportunity to shows their skills. 1960s was a decade of Civil rights for African Americans as Martin Luther King Jr accompanied by Rosa Parks fought for the ‘institutionalised and ingrained prejudice and won the 1965 civil rights act’ (Dulmus & Sowers, p.27). These famous

The Council on Social Work Education was founded in 1952, it represents Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards for all Social Work education in the United States (“CSWE”, 2017). This program provides Social Worker with leadership professional development through quality education. The Council on Social Work Education enhances programs through the United States through National accreditation focusing on faculty development, international collaboration, and advocating for Social Work education and research (“CSWE”, 2017). Their mission is to enhance programs through education for professional practice for individuals, family and community well being, social, economic and justice (“CSWE”, 2017). Such programs are established to ensure the proper education and guidance needed by Social Workers to practice and advocate for those in need. Social Workers must obtain a Baccalaureate and Master’s social work degree to prepare them to become effective responders to meet the needs of others in the community.

The service learning project was created for the students to interact with individuals from a culture different than our own. The exposure to an individual from a different cluture promotes cultural awareness and sensitivity. Cultural awareness enables an individual to acknowledlge differences among people and also to show respect for practices and traditions that one is unfamiliar. In short, cultural awareness assists in teaching the individual to think broadly and not be narrow minded. Healthcare providers often interact with individuals from varied ethnicities, religions and cultures. In order to effectively practice the Hippocratic oath, healthcare providers should have the skill to treat patients using a world view perspective.

In your opinion, how does the election of Barrack Obama to president influence the way society will understand African-American culture?

Identity has been a major concern of African and African American authors from the beginning. In fact African American identity underwent drastic transformations between the eighteenth century and twentieth century. As Amistad, "Federalist No. 54", The New Negro and The Souls of Black Folks shows, African American identity has shifted from an early tribal identity, to a dehumanized identity based in slavery, and finally to a ‘new' type of Negro identity based in art and African origins. These transformations of identity have been a tremendous struggle that were produced by their exploitation by white America.

Being raised in the inner city around ninety percent African Americans who live in a culture I have no connection with made it difficult for me to comfortably be my true self. Life is hard I understand that now, I understand that what you do now will only help or hurt your future, so I try to make the best of my life by being myself. I also realize that once in a while we need a good change in our lives to get out of the low points in our life. I've always felt out of place, mainly because I'm African American and sometimes I feel like I shouldn't be. Maybe because I listen to country music for goodness sake and actually love it. So me being groomed around a culture that isn't right for me only made me more uncomfortable. I guess it's more me being jealous that other races can do things I

When there is a significant shift in culture and society, members of any community are influenced in their identity. This can be observed in the rise of Black Nationalism, a political and social movement prominent in the 1960s-70s. (Levine, 1996). The movement traces back to Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association of the 1920s that focused on infusing a sense of community within the African-Americans. Many supporters of Black Nationalism were youths of the community who sought to maintain and promote their separate identity as a people of black ancestry as well as generating a sense of pride among the black community (Altman, 1997). As this movement spread, the identity of the African-American community developed and consolidated as they began to develop their style of fashion, music and embrace activities such as rap culture and basketball respectively. Their development since the 1960s highlights

Many students of social work internalize personal feelings of guilt and/or shame when consciousness of racism is assessed in the classroom (Sanders, 2016). Utilizing classroom settings to introduce race relations is a taboo subject that offers enlightenment associated with difficult feelings. Reading and writing about people who are oppressed forces an individual to evaluate their role and influence on the subject. Students who find this uncomfortable or unnecessary lose focus on the intent of the course and the need to advocate for clients (Tatum, 1992).

Jani, Osteen, and Shipe (2016) explain how “social workers believe that discrimination and prejudice directed against any group damage the social, emotional, and economic well-being of society as a whole” (p. 311). The United States is a multicultural society and social workers as educators are required to teach students how to be culturally competent, in order to achieve the goal of social justice (Jani, et.al, 2016). As the world changes, so do the ways that social workers teach cultural competence. With edited EPAS, which highlights the extent of practice behaviors as markers of professional competencies (Jani, et. al, 2016), students are further able to acquire an awareness of their own cultural

The Afro-centric therapeutic approach is designed to encourage social workers to incorporate a creative style of therapy versus Eurocentric therapy and promote commitment to augment service delivery to the African American population.

The Afro-centric school curriculum help develop a sense of community while expanding students mind to adopt different ideologies. “A school based on African values, it is believed, would eliminate the patterns of rejection and alienation that engulf so many African American school children, especially males”(Pollard). In the public school system it lacks to provide in depth of the African culture as far as learning about Kings, Queens, and missing history. In learning about Kings and Queen it is believed that it would help African American children to have self esteem and to grow into productive adults in their respective communities and society in general. An Afro-centric school curriculum is believed to promote an sense of cultural awareness. Culture is not a tradition but is an experience that we face in our everyday lives within the community.

Over the course of four months, through my African World Survey class, I have seen a glimpse of five thousand years of African history unfold. Before entering the class, my expectations from the course was to learn where did my people come from and how did they live. Within the time I spent in the first class, I soon realized that these two questions did not have simple answers to them. Among this discovery, I learned that people in the African Diaspora makeup every aspect of the human race whether we realize it or not. Through the teachings in class and from the readings from the text, “Reversing Sail: A History of the African Diaspora”, I am now knowledgeable on how race, rebellions, and the resilience of people from the African diaspora has changed the entire course of humanity as we know it and all it would ever be.

Afrocentricity is a worldview in view of the thought that African individuals should endorse a feeling of organization keeping in mind the end goal to accomplish rational soundness. During the l960s, African Americans learned that people in the recently shaped Black Studies divisions at colleges started to plan novel methods for examining data. Now and again, these new ways were called taking a gander at data from an African American’s point of view rather than what had been viewed as the white or Eurocentric viewpoint of most data in the American foundation. Afrocentricity as an academic thought takes no power to endorse anything. It is neither a religion nor a belief of structure. It is a worldview that recommends all talk about African individuals

In this evaluative paper we will understand why African centered education is important, the African origins of western psychology, why was African contribution left out of world history and western psychology, and new paradigms that can be created. If schools provided an African centered education as a part of their curriculum for African American students, then that would be the first part of helping the community heal. According to historian and educator Dr. John Henrik Clarke “Along with culture and identity, education must help restore the concept of nationhood, manhood and womanhood for African people.”