Deck 1: Obstacles to Developing Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility: Understanding Resistance to Multicultural Training

Question 1

The journey to becoming a competent culturally sensitive counselor in working with diverse populations is not complex as humans have innate characteristics that are relatively consistent across cultures with similar hopes and dreams that mark their humanness.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Becoming culturally competent in mental health practice demands that nested or embedded emotions be openly experienced in which of the following sociodemographic dimensions of difference?

A) race
B) culture
C) gender
D) sexual orientation
E) only a and b

Answer 2

A,B,C,D

Question 3

The three types of resistance that are often encountered by students studying diversity training are: _______________, __________________, ________________.

A) cognitive; emotional; behavioral
B) psychological; physiological; emotional
C) dissonance; isolation; invalidation
D) physical; emotional; spiritual

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Identify at least three emotions you experienced as you read the reactions of the four students. Reflect on why you feel those emotions surfaced.

Question 5

The burden to become multiculturally competent rests on the trainees from dominant culture as in most cases they have been the ones to marginalize, stereotype, and oppress minority cultures. Thus, it is the responsibility of the dominant culture to help rectify this in raising awareness and also in becoming competent in working with diverse populations.

Question 6

According to Kiselica (1999, as cited in Sue 8th edition) , White psychologists avoid topics of race because

A) It may reveal their own prejudices and biases
B) They are racked with guilt over the way people of color have been treated
C) They are fearful of being labeled a racist or blamed for the oppression
D) a and c only

Question 7

Describe recent conversations you have had about diversity. What were the settings for those conversations to occur? What was the makeup of those participating in the discussion?

Question 8

How has your worldview shaped you? Consider, for example, the country you were born in, the family you had, the home or neighborhood you lived in or school you attended, opportunities you had, and any religious affiliation and how have each of these areas and/or others helped form you as a person?

Question 9

In order to be a culturally competent therapist, one should avoid personal feelings and previous experiences with race, culture and gender and therefore be free to explore the client's experience with prejudices or racism.

Question 10

The authors state that in multicultural counseling, best practice dimensions operate at which of the following levels?

A) individual
B) familial
C) group
D) institutional
E) societal

Question 11

The subject matter in this book and course requires you to explore your _______ and __________ a task that often evokes ___________ and ______________.

Question 12

What current news stories demonstrate the different reactions to racism between dominant and marginalized group members?

Question 13

When counselors explore their own emotional reactions to race and culture, feelings such as defensiveness and anger can be destructive and are better left untouched.

Question 14

Microaggressions are best described as

A) minor offenses that are typically unintentional and thus harmless in nature
B) the everyday slights, put-downs, invalidations, and insults directed toward a group
C) racist statements that cause minimal harm because they are micro in nature as opposed to macro
D) feelings of inferiority that racism and prejudice cause minority groups
E) underlying anger that oppressed groups feel but do not allow to surface

Question 15

For practicing professionals and trainees in the helping professions, understanding the differing _________ of our culturally diverse clients is tantamount to effective multicultural counseling.

Question 16

Have you ever been a victim of racial prejudice, racial profiling, or microagression? If so, what emotions did that provoke in you?

Question 17

The four students reading the textbook all reacted in relatively similar fashion to the material, indicating the authors were successful in producing a politically correct textbook without "tiptoeing" around the emotionally charged topics.

Question 18

One of the greatest concerns of instructors is the strong emotive reactions of students to the material. Some of these reactions may include: _____________, _______________, _________, ____________.

A) depression; withdrawal; anger; guilt
B) grief; anger; depression; guilt
C) hate; inferiority; aggression; cognitive dissonance
D) passive aggression; anger; overcompensation; guilt

Question 19

Anger is the primary subjective emotion encountered by White trainees exposed to multicultural content and its implications.

Question 20

Marginalized group members often sense _______________ from the dominant culture.

A) emotional invalidation
B) emotional isolation
C) emotional dissonance
D) emotional affirmation

Question 21

Did you experience any positive feelings when you read this chapter? What did those mean for you?

Question 22

As can be seen from the students' reactions to the text, many marginalized group members react equally strongly as their White counterparts when issues of oppression are raised.

Question 23

The author states as a "people of color" he directs his anger not at White Americans or the country but rather at

A) White supremacy
B) the government, which imposes inequality in its practices
C) White Western society
D) ethnocentrism
E) White privilege
F) a and d
G) all of the above

Question 24

The Impact and Social Justice Implications of Counseling and Psychotherapy discusses the need to recognize that counseling and psychotherapy may represent a _________ of race relations, gender relations, and other unequal status relations in our larger society.

Question 25

According to Todd and Abrams (2011, as cited in Sue 8th edition) , understanding our own reactions to issues of diversity, multiculturalism, oppression, race, gender, and sexual orientation is equally important to our development as counselors/therapists. After reading this chapter, how do you plan to use this information in your profession?