Critical Analysis: Diversity, Oppression, and Social Justice Practice: Essay 2

Due date is 3/23/25 eastern time 10:30pm

Critical Analysis: Diversity, Oppression, and Social Justice Practice: (2 Pages)

As professional social workers, we are charged by our professional Code of Ethics to provide culturally competent, respectful service to clients free of personal prejudices and biases. It is our duty and responsibility to understand culture and its function in human behavior and society. To achieve these goals, we must first take a reflective and evaluative look in the mirror at ourselves, to first understand ourselves; this will allow us to identify the hidden prejudices and biases that we may harbor that may inadvertently affect the delivery of our services. This 3-part analysis will be completed in the format of a paper and it will:

Analyze and manage personal values in a way that allows professional values to guide practice (CSWE Core Competency 1);

Communicate diversity as the intersectionality of multiple factors including age, class, color, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, immigration status, political ideology, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation (CSWE Core Competency 2); and

Examine the promotion and maintenance of forms and mechanisms of oppression, discrimination, marginalization, alienation, privilege, and power in order to more justly address human rights and social and economic justice (CSWE Core Competency 3).

Each part needs to focus on your individual experiences and is an intellectual assessment of yourself. Use your course readings and any other outside resources as sources to support your analyses. Your critical analysis will be evaluated on the various elements of critical thought and intellectual traits, which are detailed in the assignment rubric. Additionally, the critical analysis will be evaluated for the use of correct grammar, sentence structure and following the current edition of the APA guidelines for writing/formatting papers. Each part should include a section introduction, and a reference page can be at the end of each section or the end of the entire essay. References must also come from government or agency reports, books, or academic journals.

Part II: Who am I: Impact on My Social Work Practice

Options. PAPER ONLY.

*The paper needs to be at least 2 pages long and include a reference and title page, which would not include the 2 page count.

Building on Part I, provide a critical analysis examining the impact the course has had on your personal biases, prejudices, and stereotypical attitudes and behaviors towards minoritized groups and members of dominant groups. Your analysis should include the following:

Using the attitudes and behaviors towards oppressed and dominant groups you’ve assessed in Part I, identify and assess how they are shifting or staying the same as a result of this course;

Assess how your values, beliefs, experiences may impact your social work role and responsibilities;

Identify your plan to address personal biases, prejudices, and stereotypical attitudes and behaviors towards minoritized/oppressed groups and members of privileged/dominate groups from a micro, mezzo, and macro perspective; and

Identify how not addressing your personal biases, prejudices, and stereotypical attitudes and behaviors towards minoritized/oppressed groups and members of privileged/dominant groups may impact your social work practice. Incorporate the NASW Code of Ethics in your response.

Cite and include at least separate three references throughout part 2. The references need to be scholarly literature and one of them can include our class textbook.

Notes

-I have attached the first essay for help

-reference the text book Adams, M., Blumenfeld, W.J., Castaneda, R., Hackman, H.W., Petters, M.L., Zuniga, X.

(4th Ed.). (2018). Readings for diversity and social justice: An anthology on racism, sexism, anti-‐Semitism,

heterosexism, classism, and ableism. New York: Routledge.

-Essay is 2 pages but needs a references and title pages so all together 4 pages