History Matters
Children from this ethnic group were once taken from their families and forced into boarding schools designed to erase their cultures and languages
Who are Native Americans / Indigenous peoples?
In the United States, ideas about independence, personal choice, and individual achievement are often associated with this cultural orientation
What is individualism?
Telling someone, "You speak English so well!" may unintentionally communicate that you belive this.
What is that they are not American?
This is the Muslim month when many Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset.
What is Ramadan?
A client makes a choice you don't personally understand. Instead of immediately giving advice, your best first step is this.
What is ask questions and seek to understand?
Black or African-Americans experiences legalized segregation under what law?
What is Jim Crow?
In many European American families, children are encouraged to become independent and move out on their own as they become adults. This is an example of how culture can shape this.
A person who is Hispanic or Latino may have family roots in many different countries, including Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, or Spain. What does this remind us not to assume?
What is a person’s specific ethnic or cultural background?
Though observed on different days and in different ways, many religious traditions include this designated day of rest, worship, or reflection.
What is the Sabbath?
This approach involves recognizing that your own experiences and worldview are not the same as everyone else’s and remaining open to learning from others.
What is cultural humility?
During World War II, members of this ethnic group were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in camps in the United States
Who are Japanese Americans?
In many cultures around the world, including some Asian, Latino, African, and Indigenous communities, extended family may play a particularly important role when an individual is making this.
What is an important decision?
A person may identify with more than one ethnic group because their family has roots in different countries or cultures. What is this an example of?
What is mixed or multicultural heritage?
Though not necessarily connected to a specific religion, this can help shape a person’s beliefs, values, and sense of meaning.
What is spirituality?
Instead of saying, "I know exactly how you feel," a helper says, "Can you help me understand what that experience was like for you?" This demonstrates this.
What is curiosity/empathy/active listening/cultural humility?
This practice denied many Black families opportunities to buy homes or receive loans in certain neighborhoods
What is redlining?
These events often bring people together through family, food, celebration, tradition, and remembrance, even though the specific customs may differ.
What are cross-cultural holidays and events?
A person's appearance can always tell you their religion, beliefs, or spiritual practices.
What is not true?
Knowing a person’s religious background allows for you to make clear assumptions about their values, goals, and needs?
What is false?
A helping professional disagrees with a client's choices. The helper should avoid trying to make the client live according to the helper's personal ________.
What are values and/or beliefs?
This term describes the lasting effects that major historical hardships and trauma can have on families and communities across generations, often creating mistrust and continued bias in helping professions.
What is intergenerational trauma?
A helping professional assumes that their own family's way of communicating, parenting, celebrating, or making decisions is the "normal" way. This is an example of what?
What is ethnocentrism?
When meeting someone whose background is unfamiliar to you, this approach involves asking respectful questions rather than relying on what you think you already know.
What is Curiosity?
Rather than assuming religion is important or unimportant to a person, a helping professional should instead do this.
What is respectfully ask about the role religion or spirituality plays in their life?
A person may have many intersecting identities, but some are more important or meaningful to them than others. What do we call an identity that is particularly meaningful or noticeable to a person?
What is their salient identity?