Understanding who you are/ what you will become is hard enough without the presence of racism and prejudice surrounding you. In Duan & Brown’s book, Becoming a Multiculturally Competent Counselor, they question the readers whether or not skin color affects “being yourself” in today’s society. Personally speaking, I believe that there are aspects of the question that I agree with such as the racist/ prejudice acts one can face. I believe that one’s personality can be effected by racism/ prejudice culture due to stereotyping. Stereotyping occurs from the ignorance of other cultures, labeling types of individuals who they may not understand. In chapter two, there is a case where an Asian American wasn’t treated how Caucasian students were in the
