Privilege And Oppression In The Workplace

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Diversity and Oppression Submitted By: Alicia Smith Submitted To: Dr. Jeanna Jacobsen Walden University / SOCW – 6051-2 MSW Program Privilege, Power, and Difference are relevant to social work practice because it displays the concepts of privilege and how social systems work to perpetuate privilege (Adams, et al., 2013). As social workers we often have the choice on how we approach clients, the approach we decide determines how people change their actions to create positive change. For this week’s assignment I decided to visit three places to increase my knowledge on oppression, power, and privilege in three different settings (New White friend) Describe what occurred…show more content…
I should not judge people, but I must be aware of the circumstances and concepts of inequality and privilege. If I do not remove the engrained stereotypes, I will not be able to help someone of a different race, culture, or class especially without allowing my mind interfere with my ability to help them. Homosexuals (LBGT Community Describe what occurred Last Night my roommate and I decided to go out of our comfort zones and try something new. We went to this bar called “over the rainbow”, and when I entered the room, soon after I knew that I was not in Kansas anymore. I witnessed men dressed as women, women dressed as men and even some that were in between. We proceeded to the bar and took our seats, we ordered a drink called “twilight”, which was delicious by the way, and observed how the people interacted in the club. Discuss your reactions to the event or the material I was in complete awe; I mean I could not believe some of the things that I witnessed on that night. I observed men to kiss men and as women kissed women; and for the first time I did not get a single phone number. The club was like a twilight zone, where all the gender roles were switched and my roommate and I were the only two “normal…show more content…
I discovered a way to both objectify and subjectively my personal feelings, perceptions and thoughts, and how to analyze the content when faced with challenging situations. The subjective part consists of the personal experience of the event, whereas the objective part is the fact surrounding the experience. I learned how to be observant in the experience what possible meaning could these observations have in relationship to oppression, privilege and diversity. This experience really opened my eyes as it relates to oppression, privilege, diversity because learning is a process that first begins with concrete experiences and that should lead to reflective observations about the experience. This assignment allowed me the opportunity to conceptualize and test the implications of the experience in future situations that may occur as a social worker. This assignment related to my learning about oppression, privilege and diversity because it forwarded my ability to become aware of what is taking place in to today’s
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