This webinar focuses on the areas of cultural competence, race, and ethnicity by looking at the lived experiences of mixed-race individuals and the judgments they often encounter. The session will explore common assumptions, stereotypes, and racial misidentification and pressures to “choose a side” and how these experiences affect identity development and mental health. Participants will be able to reflect on how language, documentation practices, and personal bias can unintentionally invalidate a client’s self-defined racial identity. Practical tools, advocacy and culturally responsive strategies for participants to implement will be discussed and explored.
To earn CE credit, social workers must log in at the scheduled time, attend the entire course and complete an online course evaluation. Certificates of completion will be emailed within 10 business days of course completion.
At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Identify and critically look at common assumptions, stereotypes, and microaggressions directed toward mixed-race individuals, and explain their impact on identity development and mental health.
- Demonstrate culturally responsive communication skills by applying strategies that affirm client self-identification, use inclusive language, and avoid racial misclassification in clinical, school, and community practice settings.
- Develop actionable strategies to challenge and transform agency policies, documentation practices, and service delivery models that reinforce racial binaries or invalidate multiracial identities.
9:30 am Welcome and Overview
9:40 am Understanding Mixed-Race Identity
Mixed-Race/Multiracial Identity
Racial Ambiguity
Colorism
Identity Invalidation
10:10 am What Are You, Really?
Explore Racial Assumptions, Stereotypes, Microaggressions; Pressure to “Choose A Side”
10:45 am When Belonging Feels Out of Reach
Discuss Identity Conflict, Exclusion, Tokenization, and The Impact On Well-Being
11:20 am When Systems Weren’t Built for You/ DEFEND & UPLIFT (Culturally Responsive Practice)
12:00 pm Examine structural bias in forms, policies, and racial categorization; Strategies for affirming Self-Identification, Using Inclusive Language
12:25 pm Summary of Training/Questions & Answers