course »Asian Privilege and Oppression: Where Do We Enter Into The Conversation in Working with System-Involved Families?

Date: 8/24/2020, 9:15 am—4:45 pm
County: -Training Offerings
CEUs: 6
Location: DISTANCE LEARNING
Sponsor: A Better Way, Inc.
Phone: 510-601-0203
Online Class

With Asians accounting for 60% of the world’s population, representing over 25 countries, it is difficult to make any generalizations or aggregate any statistics on a group that is so large and diverse. In terms of the populations that have immigrated to the United States, there is a deep diversity dependent on what generation, and from which countries, and what socioeconomic status people arrived to this country. For service providers and caregivers, it is important to take stock of one’s own identity in relation to issues of privilege and oppression and also in terms of the identities of the populations being served. How does your identity help or hinder you in your work with youth and families in care? Even within the Asian identity, there can be a wide disparity between privileged and oppressed experiences depending on historical, geographical and economic contexts. Who are the clients you are serving?