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Week 1 Discussion 1: Introductions 40 Unread replies 67 Replies Read the Attributes and Evaluation of Discussion Contributions rubric to learn how the instructor will evaluate your discussion participation throughout this course. For this discussion:  Introduce yourself to the class. Include your name, your year in the program, and the specialty you are pursuing at Capella University.  Consider what three or four aspects of your own cultural identity are most important to you and share them with your peers.  Describe a situation in which an aspect of you has been categorized in the ways discussed in the readings. Does that process involve stigma or stereotyping? How did this affect you?  Comment also on Dr. Greene's discussion of the role of power. Describe a situation in which you have experienced or observed where power differential has resulted in differential treatment. Response Guidelines Review the posts of your peers and respond to at least two. Keep in mind that the objective of response posts is to stimulate discussion, promote an exchange of ideas, and most importantly to generate a sense of community in the courseroom. With this in mind, make an effort to choose a post that does not have existing responses.  Introduce yourself to the class. Include your name, your year in the program, and the specialty you are pursuing at Capella University. Greetings, everyone; my name is John Sutton. I am in my second quarter of the PsyD Clinical Psychology program. I am an Executive Director for a nonprofit providing services to the homeless population in Los Angeles, California. When considering the aspects of my cultural identity that are the most important to me, I would have to say I identify as a parent, secondly as a clinician, and thirdly as a humanist. I was raised in a very tumultuous and chaotic environment and really had not adopted a specific identity for myself other than John a white male, until I became a parent. Once my daughter (and two years later, my son) was born, I did not have the means to say this is what separates me from other people. Even though becoming a parent is nothing special, being one for me became a reason to feel proud of myself for the first time in my life, and raising my children to love themselves and be proud of who they are is the key demographic of who I am.

Additionally, once I pursued becoming a clinician, I once again was able to identify with parts of my character, and how I interacted with others as a means of adding value to the society, I am a part of by engaging with others in a helping/service-oriented capacity. Lastly, I identify as a humanist because I believe that everyone has value and can add some form of education to others, whether it be in the simple understanding of a phrase or discussion topic or as complex as teaching someone to understand statistics, people always have something to teach us, and I identify as a humanist because I have seen myself grow over the years as I remain open to learning from others teachings. However, growth sometimes is not always easy; when placing my cultural identity and the way in which others view me upon first impressions into the context of this week's reading, I, unfortunately, have been categorized and stereotyped before I was fully understood or included. An example of this categorization is that I am a white male in my forties who holds a position of authority and upper socioeconomic standing. This means that due to my position as an Executive Director, the perception is that I am above others within my field and cannot relate to the clientele to whom we provide services. However, what is not known is that my agency is 98% diverse, and I am the only white male within the executive structure of the company. Moreover, I started as an outreach worker working on skid row alongside the police department as a civilian clinician, assisting trafficking victims and going into homeless encampments to sit with clients and provide therapeutic services and resources. Moreover, due to the color of my skin, the assumption of bias that must exist (i.e., all whites are racist) is something I am categorized as. To counter this assumption/categorization, I work not to minimize differences but instead affirm the existence of those differences and reflect on how those constructs are assigned to oneself to understand a client's needs better. Moreover, I remain open to the concept of “not knowing” and the commitment to lifelong learning about human diversity and ways to interact with those different from myself and the groups to which they belong (Sue & Sue, 2015). By not only holding myself to a standard of understanding but also the agency with which I work as well as the employees/colleagues I oversee or may be conferring with on a client's behalf, also maintain those same standards of respect and understanding is the only way I know to overturn those misguided beliefs of my privilege/race categorizations. Holding myself to such a standard to understand others requires me to safeguard clients I work with from my potential bias. I have been working as a clinician for the past 12 years, and as a white male in his 40s, I am aware that personal, cultural, and institutionalized discrimination creates and sustains privileges for some while creating and sustaining disadvantages for others (Crisp, 2010). However, I have seen instances of power differential based on bias categorization, such as what was mentioned in Dr. Greens' discussion on the role of power. One such example was while I was a Program Manager (before being promoted to Director), I observed agencies prioritizing promotions of individuals who were like-minded and did not rock the boat, so to speak. This belief in groupthink unfortunately included racial and cultural identification as well, where if you were outside of the perceived like-minded group, then you were passed over for a promotion. Thankfully, this did not occur in the agency I was a part of, but it is something that is very prevalent and is, unfortunately, something we have not worked harder at eradicating as a society.

References: Sue, D. W., & Sue, D. (2015). Counseling the culturally diverse: Theory and practice . John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Crisp, R. J. (Ed.). (2010). The psychology of social and cultural diversity. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.library.capella.edu/lib/capella/reader.action? docID=819468 Responses: Vanessa Williams YesterdayJan 13 at 11pm Manage Discussion Entry Hello, My name is Vanessa Williams, and I am in my first year in the Clinical PsyD program here at Capella University. Four aspects of my own cultural identity that are most important to me are my religion (Christian), ethnicity and gender (Black Female), and my beliefs (moral and ethical). One time when traveling through Moscow, Russia, my brother had previously warned my mother & I that black women were often mistreated or considered to be prostitutes. I was just shy of being 5 months pregnant walking through the airport when I went up to a subway counter to order food, and the woman behind the counter didn’t even stand up to greet or help me. I had just walked away and found another place that would serve me. I believe I was being stereotyped against and it hurt my feelings. Especially because I was pregnant and very hormonal, I just couldn’t grasp why another woman wouldn’t care to serve me. I really enjoyed listening to Dr. Greene’s discussion of the role of power. Hearing her talk about how there’s different power dynamics and privilege even in marginalized groups reminded me of the time I learned I too as a black woman have privilege in comparison to even some of my stepsiblings. I used to work at a Child Development Center and whenever there would be job openings for primary teachers, the older women that already had years of classroom experience were always overlooked if they weren’t tech savvy to complete the weekly lesson plans. Time and time again I watched my coworkers get denied the position for someone younger with no experience with kids and continue getting scheduled the hours the younger staff didn’t want for less pay. Best,

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Vanessa Vanessa, I enjoyed your post, and I agree with you that being stereotyped affects feelings and treatment by others. I am curious when thinking about this week's readings on cultural diversity, do you see ways in which we, as clinicians and future Clinical Psychologists, can instill a sense of inclusion and acceptance with our clients to mediate potential bias or stereotyping on first impressions? Personally, I have found that being genuine and curious in how I approach/engage with a client sets an early tone and fosters inclusion and a more balanced power dynamic faster between myself and clients. Again, good post! Best, John S. Hearley Smith Hearley Smith FridayJan 12 at 11:24am Manage Discussion Entry Greetings, My name is Hearley Smith, and I am pursuing a Master's in Clinical Psychology; I have one more quarter to complete the program. The three aspects of my cultural identity that are most important to me are ethnicity, language, and religion which includes my social connections and identity. Because of my race, I was stereotyped about specific foods that I eat or should like. The process did involve stereotyping, and it made me feel indifferent and angry. It affected me because I viewed the person differently; I felt disrespected. Power differential can be important in cultural identity, connections, and relationships. Authorities can use power to control the behaviors of others and their activities. I have observed a differential treatment of power in the work setting that resulted in a difference in treatment between males and females. Males were allowed to be late and make more mistakes than females, and the power disparity was evident. It is important to understand power and the abuse of power. Power should be used to create a cultural environment where equity is present. Hearley, I enjoyed your post, and I agree with you that when stereotyped by others, we feel disrespected, which may lead to viewing them differently. I am curious to know, when you experienced this, what techniques or approaches did you use to help educate or change the

person's view to help rebalance the dynamic between you and that person? Personally, this is something I struggled with quite a bit in my youth; I felt that once wronged, then the person did not deserve my time or attention. However, as I grew as a clinician and learned from others, those biases have more to do with the person's internal belief systems about their own role within society or environment than how they may perceive me as an individual. Again, good post! Best, John S.

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