Instructions: Review the interview by Kenneth Hardy (2001), African American experience and the healing of relationships Links to an external site.. Within the article, Hardy discusses the following tasks of the privileged and subjugated:
Tasks of the Privileged
Draw a critical distinction between intention and consequence/impact.
Resist false notions of equality and the equalization of suffering in the discourse between the privileged and the subjugated.
Develop a thick skin in order to create and continue the discourse.
Be mindful of conversations that may be designed to negate the subjugated person’s experience.
Resist the temptation to ignore the historical perspective, it’s tempting to avoid history because it benefits the privileged not to go back into the past, but it can be liberating for the subjugated, if they choose so.
Tasks of the Subjugated (Oppressed)
Reclaim one’s voice, it’s been socialized out of body, or lost or stolen. Practice it, recognize the power of it. You have to say it, even if you believe no one’s listening because it gets infused into the atmosphere and then it changes the atmosphere.
Overcome the addiction, transfixion, and/or obsession of taking care of the privilege. *It is to our/their detriment*.
Engage in a process of exhaling, and then exorcise the toxins of internalized oppression- whatever that oppression is- racism, sexism, ageism, classism, ableism, anti-Semitism, whatever the oppression is. In the process of exhaling and exorcising- think critically about yourself, the layers of yourself, and examine the layers of shame existing within your subjugated self and put it to rest.
Submission Instructions:
In a 3- to 4-page APA formatted reflection paper, respond to the following prompts:
Restate the intersectionality you articulated in Week One. Identify positions of privilege you hold. Identify ways you experience oppression.
Choose two tasks from each of the lists stated by Hardy. How might the tasks be applied to the therapeutic context. How might they impact your work with a couple or family system? If you are clinically active, use one of your current cases to illustrate (no identifying information). If not, choose a case from popular media (book, movie, TV) for explanation purposes.
Close your paper with a personal reflection.
Use proper APA style and format and incorporate scholarly sources into the paper. Required readings may be used and you can utilize the MFTO List of Acceptable Journals Links to an external site. for additional research. Remember to follow the MFT Writing Expectations.
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References chapters: Microaggressions in everyday life, text Chapter 6: Microaggressive perpetrators: Who, what, where, how and why? (pp. 145–168) The enduring, invisible, and ubiquitous centrality of whiteness, text Chapter 1: The Centrality of Whiteness (pp. 3–34). Chapter 2: The elephant in the room: The art and peril of navigating whiteness (pp.37–48). Chapter 3: Whiteness as a disease of the soul: Shame, rage, guilt, self-absorption and ignorance (pp. 49–73). Chapter 4: The vicious cycle of white centrality (pp. 74–96). Johnson, A., & Williams, D. J. (2015). White racial identity, color-blind racial attitudes, and multicultural counseling competence Links to an external site.. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 21(3), 440–449. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037533 Hardy, K. V. (n.d.). Tasks of privileged and subjugated from African American experience and the healing of relationships Links to an external site.. https://www.psychotherapy.net/interview/kenneth-hardy
Book reference for the above readings:
Hardy, K. (Ed.). (2022). The enduring, invisible, and ubiquitous centrality of whiteness. Norton. ISBN 9781324016915. Knudson-Martin, C., & Mahoney, A. R. (Eds.). (2009). Couples, gender, and power: Creating change in intimate relationships. Springer. ISBN 9780826117564. McGoldrick, M., & Hardy, K.V., (Eds.). (2019). Re-visioning Family Therapy: Addressing diversity in clinical practice (3rd ed.). Guildford. ISBN 9781462531936. Schwartz, J. E. (Ed.). (2017). Counseling women across the lifespan: Empowerment, advocacy and intervention. Springer. ISBN 9780826129161. Available through the ACU library at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=e000xna&AN=1475876&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=s8479690&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover Links to an external site. Sue, D. W., & Spanierman, L. B. (2020). Microaggressions in everyday life (2nd ed.). Wiley. ISBN 9781119513797.
