How people get disparate treatment based on their race and background Our understanding of unequal treatment based on ra

How people get disparate treatment based on their race and background

Our understanding of unequal treatment based on race culture or religion develops slowly from our life encounters learning and social environment. My understanding of different treatment standards evolved over time.

During my childhood I observed teachers and students give different treatment to children no matter their race or cultural heritage. A teacher and other students became irritated with the student because no one could speak his language while the student had no group participation. Although teachers may not have meant to discriminate against students who cannot speak English it shows how speaking differences create social unfair behavior. One friend faced religious discrimination because of their religious holiday fasting experiences during Ramadan even though teachers failed to help.

When I experienced more about our past and its impact on social justice I enhanced my knowledge. By studying the reality of racism in society alongside educational and healthcare differences I better realized how deeply established inequality remains. Through these experiences I realized that I held both advantages and disadvantages from social systems. (Kaplan et al. 2017). Power differences affect how well counselor develop their therapeutic relationship. Counselors need to examine their own identity and perspectives to prevent these factors from affecting their work with clients from different backgrounds. When we ignore these aspects they create poor client-counselor connections that bring on uncertainty and result in poor cultural care delivery.

Counselors create the best therapy alliance when they track their own progress and grow their awareness while opposing personal beliefs. By knowing how power influence counseling situations counselors can build settings that welcome clients. This help them feel accepted. Counselors who understand the power dynamics of these factors will advocate for social justice with their clients during therapy. (Privilege, 2020). 

References

Kaplan, D. M., Francis, P. C., Hermann, M. A., Baca, J. V., Goodnough, G. E., Hodges, S., ... & Wade, M. E. (2017). New concepts in the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics. Journal of Counseling & Development, 95(1), 110-120.

Privilege, W. (2020). Unpacking the invisible knapsack. Gender, Race & Canadian Law: A Custom Textbook from Fernwood Publishing, 92.