Deck 17: Services With Minorities

Question 1

Institutional racism

A) Is an overt act when one person hurts another person
B) Destruction of property or violence that may lead to personal injury or even death.
C) Is more likely to be covert and subtle, which makes it less recognizable.
D) Occurs in formal institutional settings like hospitals and nursing homes

Answer 1

Is more likely to be covert and subtle, which makes it less recognizable.

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of individual racism?

A) Lack of adequate and safe shelter for minority groups
B) Denying medical care to minority groups
C) When hundreds of black children are allowed to die because of malnutrition,
D) When a group of white people bomb a black church and kill innocent children.

Answer 2

When a group of white people bomb a black church and kill innocent children.

Question 3

The "melting pot" theory

A) Focuses on the emotional ties that immigrants have with their ethnic roots
B) Suggests that all kinds of people are brought together, and a melding of races and cultures results from the assimilation of the new members.
C) Focuses on ethno-sensitivity by providing ethnic "meals-on- wheels" program to the ethnic elderly population
D) Focuses on introducing new ethnic foods to the American cuisine

Answer 3

Suggests that all kinds of people are brought together, and a melding of races and cultures results from the assimilation of the new members.

Question 4

The "dual perspective" model

A) Suggests that people develop two forms of self-image: personal image and social image
B) Suggests that people develop a tough but healthy social image of self because of discriminatory and prejudicial acts they experience from social institutions
C) Refers to cultural dissonance and institutional racism
D) Refers to developing a dual self identity based on ethnic roots and American socialization

Question 5

Cultural dissonance

A) Refers to cross-cultural music
B) Refers to arguments between people of two different races
C) Is created when people of different races marry each other
D) Is created by the differences between the culture of the minority group and the culture of the majority group

Question 6

According to the National Association of Social Workers, which of the following is NOT an acceptable standard for culturally competent social work practice?

A) Social workers advance information about diverse clients to other professionals
B) Social workers participate in educational programs that promote cultural competence
C) Social workers' personal value system always takes precedence over the professional value system for honest practice
D) Social workers are knowledgeable about services in the community

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a "stage" of the "three-stage model" for systematic social work intervention?

A) Individual intervention
B) Interactional intervention
C) Irrational intervention
D) Sociocultural intervention

Question 8

By using sociocultural intervention skills with minority clients, social workers become

A) More subjective in assessing cases
B) More discriminatory of minority groups
C) More irrational and unrealistic
D) Better negotiators, advocates, and peacemakers when problems arise between minority and majority persons

Question 9

Which of the following factors impedes the process of bicultural socialization for the ethnic client?

A) Ignoring the major points of conflict between the minority and the majority culture to promote cultural sensitivity
B) Searching out and providing translators, mediators, and models who can offer cross-cultural guidelines
C) Determining areas of interface between the two cultures that can serve as "doorways" between them
D) Educating people of the majority culture about the significant characteristics, values, and needs of minority cultures

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a barrier to a helping relationship?

A) Language differences
B) Mutual respect between the client and the worker
C) Class-bound value differences
D) Religious differences

Question 11

Describe the ten standards published by NASW for a culturally competent social work practice.

Question 12

Explain the "three-stage model" proposed by De Hoyos and colleagues for systematic social work intervention into the problems of minority groups.

Question 13

As discussed in the "biculturalism" model, describe the six factors that determine whether the social workers are serving to facilitate or impede the process of bicultural socialization for the client.

Question 14

What can the schools of social work do to (a) equip social workers with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will enable them to improve the status of minorities and (b) how to attract more minority-group students into social work education.