Assignment:
After reading each of these excerpts, consider the issues of culture, race, privilege, discrimination, stereotypes, bigotry, and oppression and how they might impact interviewing a client. For the purposes of discussion, answer the following questions:
• What is a stereotype, prejudice, or act of discrimination you learned in your youth? Did this view change as you grew older? Why?
• Describe an incident regarding race relations that you recall from your work or school setting. How did you respond? What would you do differently if a similar event occurred now? Why?
• Describe a time you saw an act of prejudice and did something about it. How would you handle things differently now? Why?
• Describe a time you saw an act of prejudice and did nothing about it. How would you handle things differently now? Why?