HMSV 346: Diversity Issues-Human Service 

The course provides the opportunity to gain knowledge of self-awareness about one’s cultural identity, values, beliefs, and customs and how these factors may impact the helping relationship. It has also increased awareness about racism, prejudice, oppression, and privilege, and the effects of
these factors on themselves and their clients. The eight major social identities that every person possesses (race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, physical abilities, age, and religion/spirituality)
and the impact of these identities on the helping process and relationship. I learned to have an enhanced ability to consider diverse others with sensitivity and flexibility.