Diversity and Social Justice Flashcards

In Cross's model of Black racial identity (Nigrescence), the stage in which a person has an experience that challenges previous views about race is called:

Answer: Encounter

The encounter stage is triggered by an event that forces the individual to reexamine racial identity.

An agency requires a high school diploma for a job that does not need one, disproportionately excluding immigrant applicants. This is best described as:

Answer: Disparate impact discrimination

Disparate impact occurs when a neutral-seeming policy disproportionately harms a protected group without legitimate necessity.

Systematic prejudice and discrimination against older adults is referred to as:

Answer: Ageism

Ageism, a term coined by Robert Butler, refers to stereotyping and discrimination based on age.

A client from a collectivist culture wants to consult family elders before making a treatment decision. The social worker should:

Answer: Respect and incorporate the client's preference into decision-making

Honoring culturally based decision-making supports self-determination, which can include involving family by the client's choice.

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, an employer must provide a qualified employee with a disability:

Answer: Reasonable accommodations unless they cause undue hardship

The ADA requires reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the employer.

Which approach focuses on helping clients increase personal, interpersonal, and political power to improve their situations?

Answer: Empowerment approach

The empowerment approach helps oppressed clients gain power and control over their lives at multiple levels.

Belief in the inherent superiority of one's own cultural group, using it as the standard for judging others, is called:

Answer: Ethnocentrism

Ethnocentrism judges other cultures by the standards of one's own, which can bias assessment and intervention.