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Give one challenge related to an African American counselor worldview and biases. Describe the applicable aspects of this worldview and relevant
bias(es) that could impact his/her work with culturally dissimilar clients. Then explain how it could impact his/her work and, finally, how he/she would address that challenge.

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This solution discusses how an African American counselor's worldview could impact his or her work with other clients.

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(a) Give one challenge related to an African American counselor worldview and biases.

Research shows that as an ethnic group in America, African Americans compared to other groups in the United States have different socio-historical, educational, and cultural experiences (e.g., Bradley & Holcomb-McCoy, 2004). The differences related to these factors combine to reflect the world view of African Americans that is unique to them. Historically, African Americans encounter racism in many ways that could affect his or her perspective of counseling. For intstance, as Bradlye & Holcomb-McCoy point out, one challenge related to the expereince of an African American counselor and in relation to his or her world view is the difficulty of having to work in an unwelcome and unfriendly environment. For example, African American Educaiton counselors report incidences of discriminaiton, and encounters such as racial and gender bias that affected and influenced evaluations and/or promotions.

(b) Describe the applicable aspects of this worldview and relevant bias (es) that could impact his/her work with culturally dissimilar clients.

Although, research suggests that the ...

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