Critical Cultural Competence

Hamad Alsourayia

Dr. Terri Karis

11-11-17

Critical Cultural Competence

In the conversation, the respondent stated that being African-American is a challenge because of some of the cases of discrimination that he has experienced among his peers. The respondent states that he realized that he was an African-American when he took a picture with his colleagues at school and from the picture he could recognize that he was the only one with a dark color this was when he came to terms that he was exceptional. From the situation, he learned that the discrimination that he has faced on certain occasions from his friends was triggered by the fact that he had different skin color and hair type. The encounter opened my eyes to realize that I belong to a diverse racial group that happens to be a victim of discrimination because majorities of the people around were whites which further leaves a question mark of what is perceived to be affirmative actions of racial discrimination in the US. Some incidents go on unnoticed of discrimination based on racial afflictions so saying that the United States has overcome racial discrimination may be a myopic point-of-view. In class, we learned about differences between prejudice, discrimination, and racism that are vital in our conversation. I find concurrence with my interviewee’s opinions on the fact that racial discrimination is still an issue in America. However, the government is trying to overcome most of the perpetrators have these stereotypes and prejudice buried in their minds, and it is not that easy to eliminate them. For instance, cases have been witnessed where police brutally deal with African-American protestants in the streets of Washington D.C among other states.

In my interview, the respondent used to race, racism, and privileges. The race is the classification of people into the group based on the shared physics, ancestry or even social traits. Example of races is the Africans, Asians and the Europeans. Racism is the prejudice and stereotypes that are tagged to one racial group which makes its members feel inferior compared to other races. Racism triggers xenophobia and racial discrimination . Then privileges are favors that are awarded to individuals based on their races (Johnson, 2006). For instance, during slavery, all the Africans were to be servants to the masters, who happened to be whites and that was because of the inferiority that was tagged to the African race. The interviewee stated that he could be separated from his peers who were mostly the whites this is a clear indication of racism among his colleagues (PowerPoint on implicit bias, slide [3])). Similarly, when the respondent comes to terms with the picture that he was black compared to friends, then that is the realization of one’s race. The interviewee was not specific on how opportunities were granted to school so that we can ascertain if there were privileges based on the race.

I talked about differences between prejudice, discrimination, and racism. In my discussion I had three points to make which were ;

· Most Africans have accepted the fate of racism.

· Bias is a concept that is psychological and not socially induced as most people perceive.

· Some prejudices have factual arguments

I shared on racism which was one of the components of the concept I had selected to talk about, and I had ample time because I had prepared for the session. Though I had some questions from the interviewee that was challenging if my knowledge from course materials I was able to answer most of them. My explanation of the view that most Africans have submitted to the fate of racism was excellent because my interviewee was an African-American. I was skillful in explaining that and in the end, I did not have an obstacle. The essential thing that I learned from the conversation is the need to have the adequate preparation of the selected topic before going in any discussion because if I could not have prepared, then I could have faced hard time to answer some of the questions posed to me by the respondent. I was mindful when it comes to explaining racism so that I cannot make utterances that are baseless that may affect the success of the session. I engaged deep listening when it comes to questions that were associated with racism because of the stereotypes that already exist .

References

Handout 1.1.1: Intent vs impact (2015). Retrieved from https://uwstout.courses.wisconsin.edu/d2l/le/content/3018702/viewContent/18065669/View

Johnson, A. G. (2006). Privilege, Power, and Difference (2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Karis, T. (2015). Implicit Bias Part 1 (PowerPoint slides). Retrieved from https://uwstout.courses.wisconsin.edu/d2l/le/content/3018702/viewContent/18065672/View

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if you’d like to earn more points you’re welcome to add to this document – in a different color ink so I can easily see additions – and resubmit. If so, please turn in by 11/29. And let me know if you have questions.