Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to help you identify aspects of your own ethnic identity and to articulate how your own personal culture may impact social work practice with Hispanic and Latino clients.

Overview

Ethnic identity, an aspect of our self-concept, may be viewed as how we classify ourselves in terms of the group(s) we belong to and who we see ourselves similar to in terms of cultural groups. This involves an internalization of the understanding of "Who Am I" in terms of ethnicity.

Instructions

Identify and explore a pivotal incident in your own life that contributed to your own ethnic identity development.

Part A - Paper Proposal

For this part of the assignment, you will identify and clarify your ideas about an incident that would be appropriate to discuss.

Share your initial ideas about a critical incident in ethnic identity development and draft a brief proposal two hundred words) explaining why you feel this incident is worth exploring more and how it might benefit you in your future role as a social worker.