One of the most critical professions, which deliver a wide variety of services to the community, is Social Work. It is a critical asset for all people, of all genders, ages, and ethnicities. Their main goal, however, is to help those in need and equality. Unlike most occupations, Social Work is more of like a lifestyle. The mission of this “lifestyle” is rooted in a set of six core values. First, A Social Worker’s primary goal is to help people in need and address social problems. These people can be poor, homeless, abused, abandoned, and oppressed. Secondly, Social workers challenge social injustice. This value focuses more on populations that are being discriminated against and oppressed. All throughout history and all over the world, people
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One of the biggest issues in today’s culture is the fact that people have assumed racism to have disappeared forever. Nevertheless, all around us it can be seen. For example, “Take employment or housing or healthcare or education or take imprisonment” all of these areas extremely oppress today’s minority group; African Americans. One current example, the news report from CNN about the black man, who was shot in the Fairborn Wal-Mart. Van Jonas, reporter for CNN news writes, “Crawford was 22 years old when he and his girlfriend went to the Wal-Mart last month in Beavercreek, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. They planned to pick up the ingredients for s 'mores for a family cookout. Crawford had two young children. While browsing, he picked up an unpackaged BB gun from one of the store shelves, and continued shopping. A man named Ronald Ritchie saw him and called 911. A black man was "walking around with a gun in the store," and "pointing it at people," Ritchie told them” (CNN News). The police arrived and shot him down; he died only a few minutes later. What makes this story so sad, however, is that the gun was fake. Simply because, Crawford was black he lost his life. To be honest, this one case is absolutely despicable. Knowing that our country has come so low is disturbing to me as both an American as well as a …show more content…
I never grew up with any experience to racism. To be honest, when I was little, I my best friend was a black girl. However, at the time I had no idea that she was different, or that her skin was another color. We were fast friends and that was all that mattered. Then my neighbor’s grandchildren would come visit occasionally, and we would all play together. However, the only one I liked was a little black girl, who quickly became a very close friend. Growing up, though, I was never really in personal contact with diverse people. Racism was never anything that I knew about until I took a college course in high school. Obviously, I heard about it in the news and movies, but it never meant anything to me personally. It wasn’t until high school that I learned about its prevalence and extent. When I came to Cedarville that was honestly the most interaction I have had with people of different races. My best friends here are African American, and I absolutely love them. To me, skin color and cultural differences have no affect on me in terms of racism. In Christ we are all the same, all that matters is the color of our heart, because one day all people regardless of their exterior will bow in worship before
One of the biggest issues in today’s culture is the fact that people have assumed racism to have disappeared forever. Nevertheless, all around us it can be seen. For example, “Take employment or housing or healthcare or education or take imprisonment” all of these areas extremely oppress today’s minority group; African Americans. One current example, the news report from CNN about the black man, who was shot in the Fairborn Wal-Mart. Van Jonas, reporter for CNN news writes, “Crawford was 22 years old when he and his girlfriend went to the Wal-Mart last month in Beavercreek, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. They planned to pick up the ingredients for s 'mores for a family cookout. Crawford had two young children. While browsing, he picked up an unpackaged BB gun from one of the store shelves, and continued shopping. A man named Ronald Ritchie saw him and called 911. A black man was "walking around with a gun in the store," and "pointing it at people," Ritchie told them” (CNN News). The police arrived and shot him down; he died only a few minutes later. What makes this story so sad, however, is that the gun was fake. Simply because, Crawford was black he lost his life. To be honest, this one case is absolutely despicable. Knowing that our country has come so low is disturbing to me as both an American as well as a …show more content…
I never grew up with any experience to racism. To be honest, when I was little, I my best friend was a black girl. However, at the time I had no idea that she was different, or that her skin was another color. We were fast friends and that was all that mattered. Then my neighbor’s grandchildren would come visit occasionally, and we would all play together. However, the only one I liked was a little black girl, who quickly became a very close friend. Growing up, though, I was never really in personal contact with diverse people. Racism was never anything that I knew about until I took a college course in high school. Obviously, I heard about it in the news and movies, but it never meant anything to me personally. It wasn’t until high school that I learned about its prevalence and extent. When I came to Cedarville that was honestly the most interaction I have had with people of different races. My best friends here are African American, and I absolutely love them. To me, skin color and cultural differences have no affect on me in terms of racism. In Christ we are all the same, all that matters is the color of our heart, because one day all people regardless of their exterior will bow in worship before