RID Flashcards
5 stages of the racial cultural identity model
- Conformity
- Dissonance
- Resistance and immersion
- Introspection
- Integrative awareness
CDRIA Cats don’t run in inside airplanes
Conformity
-prefer dominant culture
-may attempt to assimilate and acculturate into white society (white music and sports more appealing)
-shame or reject own group identity
-incorporate negative stereotypes for self fulfilling prophecies
(Twinkies or Oreos)
Ethnocentric monoculturalism
Conformity -why
- dominant group is superior
- other groups are inferior
- power to impose that standard
- creates dom sub relationship
Align self with greater power to protect from feelings of inferiority
An example of conformity in action
The doll test
What is the most damaging stage
Conformity
Conformity therapeutic implications
- prefers white therapist
- prefers task oriented, problem solving approach, exploring self identity is frightening
- goal: help client sort out conflicts related to race through re-education , move closer to awareness then self deception, guarding against reinforcing self denial and hatred
Dissonance status
- internal self exploration
- conflict between disparate pieces of information or experiences (sometimes a traumatic event) that challenge current self concept
- denial begins to break down , which leads to questioning attitudes, beliefs and values of the conformity stage
Dissonance
- attempts to assimilate and acculturate will never fully be accepted
- personal awareness that racism does exist, no one can escape cultural heritage and no majority or minority group is good or bad
- feelings of pride and shame (sense of conflict)
Dissonance therapeutic implications
-therapist with knowledge of clients cultural group, usually someone of the same culture
-concerned about self identity and self-esteem are most likely brought in for therapy
Goal: explore conflicting beliefs and feelings to come to grips with identity conflicts
Resistance and Immersion
- beings to understand social-psychological forces associated with prejudice and discrimination
- anger at oppressor for brainwashing
- actively rejects dom culture and views with suspicion
- guilt and shame from being a sell out
- sense of self discovery and self identity
- cultural pride
- feeling of connectedness with own group
Resistance and Immersion- why
- resolution of conflicts of previous stage leads to greater understanding of social forces
- personal questioning of why people should feel ashamed of themselves
Resistance and Immersion therapeutic implications
- racism is the contributor to psychological problems
- can be legit and can create suspicion with white therapists
- prefer own race therapists
- therapy is a white thing and therapists can be attacked as sell outs
- tests therapists for “white guilt” sincerity openness non defensiveness
- self disclosure is often necessary for credibility
- open and non defensive
- action-oriented approached aimed at external change
- open to group with others in this stage
Introspection status
- draining
- discontent/discomfort with rigid views of own group
- may feel they are being asked to submerge personal autonomy in favor of group views that conflict with personal ones
Introspective therapeutic implications
- prefer therapist of own race but open to other therapists who understand their worldview
- self exploration to help client integrate new sense of identity is important
Goal- help client identify what they desire to distance themselves from in their minority group (believing in functional values in us does not mean they’re a sell out or traitor)
Integrative awareness status
- develop inner sense of security as conflicts between old and new identities are resolved
- global anti white feelings subside
- white and minorities are not seen as conflicting
- see the healthy and toxic (racism and oppression)
- positive self image, self worth, confidence
- racial pride and autonomy
- bicultural and multicultural without feeling like a sellout
- preforming at individual, group and universal levels
