Using Categorization [WLOs: 1 and 2] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, and 4]
The U.S. society consists of a large number of sociopolitical categories (e.g., age, race, disability, parental status, class, education). We use these categories in an effort to understand and simplify a complex world.
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum,
• Read Chapter 1 in the Diversity, Cultural Humility, and the Helping Professions: Building Bridges Across Difference course textbook to explore the ways that categorization of various populations in the United States may create stereotypes and bias.
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In your initial discussion post, answer the following directives:
• Describe the process of categorization and the use of stereotypes.
• Identify the ways that salient and observable characteristics can be used for categorization.
• Define the consequences of categorization for the dominant and less dominant groups.
• Analyze ways that marginalization can lead to devaluation of a group or community.