Multiculturalism And Diversity Case Study

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Human Service Professionals will work with clients which have all different types of cultural backgrounds. Part of the responsibilities of the human service professional is to learn about the culture through research as well as through asking the client questions so they are aware of the client’s culture. Throughout this paper the following will be discussed African American culture, laws that impact a cultural group; how laws can affect the clients we will be working with, what represents a good and bad law, why multiculturalism and diversity are important for Human Services, and understanding global perspectives in cross-cultural work. I chose to discuss African American culture because the area that I will be moving to has a larger population The first impact was how it opened the door for change in the socio-political climate surrounding civil rights and desegregation (McCarthy, 2015). Another impact was how inside the United States, Brown’s rejection of “separate but equal” schools spurred the end of segregation in retail stores, theaters, swimming pools, and employment, though only after a struggle and legislative or litigated reforms (Minow, 2013). African Americans went from being enslaved to being banned from going into common public places. With this law being in place it pushed past those restraints allowing African Americans to be equal to all When working with African American clients we as human service professionals need to remember a few things. The history of the African American culture and suffering they endured needs to be considered. African American culture existed prior to enslavement and it is important to understand their history in four segments: pre-enslavement, the Middle Passage, enslavement, and post enslavement (Diller, 2015). Another point human service professionals need to understand is that African Americans didn’t just sit back and allow things to happen to them; instead they resisted their mistreatments (Diller,

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