Multicultural Self Analysis

Self-Assessment on Multicultural Awareness
I completed the Multicultural Self-Assessment and learned that their must another me. Based on my answers that I completed for each section, I had 22 number twos’ and 19 number threes’. I am constantly aware that I can always improve on being more conscious and sensitive to the many different cultures around me. My family immigrated to the United States when I was very young. Even at my young age, I can remember my first reactions to the new people and environment I was brought into. I learned many things about being in a different culture and the many different people within the new culture. Not only did I lean how to be around the African American culture, which I had never seen before, but I also had to learn to be around the American Caucasian culture. With the help of my parents and
As a professional working in the mental health field, I am aware that our emotions are continuously changing when we encounter other racial and ethnic groups. We may have a positive or negative reaction with different people within the same culture. I am always aware that my emotions will vary and I will need to be aware of those emotions to work on them. The second area within the same section that I scored the lowest was the area of self-esteem and self-concepts when dealing with immigration issues, poverty, racism, stereotyping, and powerlessness. I do realize that each person deals with these differently, and it impacts their self-esteem and self-concept differently. I was fortunate to have positive role models in my transition into my new culture and I now realize that this impacted me positively. I do need to remember that many people in different cultures do not have that positive environment and their self-esteem and self-concept is not