Exam 11: Theories of Culture and White Privilege

Angela is a white woman who begins seeking reassurance from others that white people are NOT to blame for racism. According to Helms' white identity development model, what ego stage is Angela in?

Ted is a white man confronting his personal biases. According to Helms' white identity development model, what ego stage is Ted in?

An American social work faculty person took responsibility for a study abroad program in Costa Rica. One of the major challenges was that the faculty member had very limited command of Spanish. One afternoon, the instructor and three students stopped at a local grocery market to make some purchases. He was embarrassed about the fact that he was becoming an impediment to the other people in the store and felt powerless to be able to "fix" the situation. According to Freire's ideas about moving from naïve consciousness to critical consciousness, this faculty member is in which of the following stage?

The process of praxis in the development of critical consciousness involves action, awareness, reflection, and ______.

Spencer is a white man who is making conscious decisions to interact with minority group members. According to Helms' white identity development model, what ego stage is Spencer in?

Use an example to illustrate how social workers can develop critical consciousness through praxis.

According to White privilege theory, what can White social workers do to create personal, interpersonal and agency-based changes?

White social workers may be unaware of their unearned race privileges. This is an example of ______.

List three assumptions about the integration of diversity into social work practice.

White identity development theory supports subjectivity or reality based on the meanings we create in a process of ongoing dialogue with our clients.

______ is a framework of intersecting sociopolitical categories for the analysis of power dynamics in human relationships, institutions and communities that lead to oppression and discrimination.

How can a social worker use the dual perspective to inform his/her practice?

Cultural ______ involves the social workers' lifelong commitment to evaluating and critiquing themselves, and to redressing the power imbalances in professional relationships and in developing advocacy partnerships with communities on behalf of the clients.

Which of the following systems is part of the nurturing system?

An American social work faculty person took responsibility for a study abroad program in Costa Rica. One of the major challenges was that the faculty member had very limited command of Spanish. One afternoon, the instructor and three students stopped at a local grocery market to make some purchases. After coming back to America, he had regular opportunities in grocery stores and other venues to step in to assist Spanish-speaking individuals when they faced the overwhelming sense of vulnerability based on their struggles to master the English language. According to Freire's ideas about moving from naïve consciousness to critical consciousness, this faculty member is in which of the following stage?

Bob says, "I experienced reverse discrimination as a guard in the prison because most of my fellow guards are Black and I am White." According to Helms' white identity development model, what ego stage is Bob in?

Freire's ideas about moving from naïve consciousness to critical consciousness involve a fluid interaction among five important components. What component is at the center and interacts with all other components?

According to the text, few social work educational programs have thoughtfully examined White privilege and White identity development.

______ is defined as a process of action-awareness-reflection-dialogue.

According to intersectionality theory, ______ raises questions about how ______ is used in multiple arenas.