Color Of Fear

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Paper #4: Share your reactions to the Color of Fear movie and relate the film to the readings for Weeks 9 and 10. The Color of Fear movie elicited mixed emotional reactions in me ranging from those related to identification with some characters to those related to feelings of sadness and shocke about how prevalent the issue of racism was, and still is, in the United States. The eight men in the film belonged to different races and shared their personal experiences and reactions after having faced a life-time of adverse social circumstances including being discriminated against, being stereotyped and being suppressed. It was interesting to note that several of them expressed increasing amounts of frustration and intolerance towards “white”…show more content…
The section focusing on multicultural counseling was enlightening from several perspectives. First, to me it seemed like there exists more similarities than dissimilarities among people originating from African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives Hispanic/Latino Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Still, they diverge in the extent to which such values and attitudes are prevalent and/or are prioritized. Concretely drawing out these aspects on a continuum will provide an easy gauge to understanding where the overlap occurs and on what aspects they maximally diverge. Second, the aspect of acculturation becomes crucial in understanding how a recent immigrant, a first-generation and a second-generation person from the same racial group adapts to the US. However, to understand its impact better longitudinal and cross-sectional studies will be required. Third, although having a bicultural orientation is claimed to be the “healthiest” style of coping, it might be helpful to incorporate guidelines and try to disseminate information related to the pros and cons of this orientation. Lastly, although the clinical implications section provides helpful guidelines for dealing with specific racial minority, a list of concrete resources such as other book names, movies and documentaries, would have helped the interested reader to enhance their
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