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Questions
1. Overview of Your Identities: Reflect on your personal identity. Consider your race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and age. For example, if you're a middle-aged, Asian men, you might discuss how these identities intersect and influence your experiences.
2. Power, Privilege or Oppression: Reflect on a specific event where your identity played a role in your experience of power, privilege, or oppression. For instance, if you've ever been treated differently because of your race or gender, describe that situation and how it made you feel.
3. Cultural Capital: Cultural capital refers to the knowledge, skills, education, and other cultural assets that a person possesses. Reflect on your own cultural capital. This could be your ability to speak multiple languages (linguistic capital), your family's emphasis on education (aspirational capital), or your ability to navigate different cultural spaces (navigational capital).
4. Social Work Practice: Reflect on how your cultural capital or experiences with power, privilege, or oppression might influence your work as a social worker. For example, if you've experienced racial discrimination, you might be more empathetic and understanding towards clients who have experienced similar situations. You could also discuss how your cultural capital might help you connect with clients from similar backgrounds.