Having a large population of people of color, Los Angeles has been a site of racial tensions between Latinos and Blacks. In the mid-2000’s, there was a conflict between two street gangs. Florencia 13, which is a Latino gang, and East Crips, which is a black gang, had a street war over having control of the drug trade in Florence and Firestone, this later became seen as a racial war between both gangs (Quinones, 2007). Marking and respecting territory have been societal factors that tend to fuel tension between both races.
I completed my undergraduate degree at the California State University of Los Angeles (CSULA), which is a very diverse campus as well. At CSULA my ethnic understanding became even stronger through the interactions and new …show more content…
Even though the number of males is getting higher, women are still the majority of the population in social work programs. I have received comments from other people who were part of my program in which they thought I was gay. The impression that they were getting of me was just because I was part of a program that is mostly represented by women. At first, this bothered me, but then I began to get used to such comments. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with being gay, but I guess it just bothered me a bit because I know that I am straight and people shouldn’t get the impression that just because I was a guy in the social work program meant that I was gay. A research conducted in the 70’s shows that many male social workers experience conflicts with their gender identity (Kadushin, 1976). I believe that the number of men in social work is much larger now than it was in the 70’s. Maybe in the 70’s it was much more rare to see a man in a woman’s profession, which is why there was thought of men having issues with gender identity. Pease (2011), describes that men should take on more caring professions. Why don’t we see many men in professions such as social work? Does it have to do with the topic of sexuality? Maybe men don’t want to be in a profession that will question their sexuality. I am aware of my own identity and I am aware of my sexuality. I have no problem being in a profession like the one in which I am
I completed my undergraduate degree at the California State University of Los Angeles (CSULA), which is a very diverse campus as well. At CSULA my ethnic understanding became even stronger through the interactions and new …show more content…
Even though the number of males is getting higher, women are still the majority of the population in social work programs. I have received comments from other people who were part of my program in which they thought I was gay. The impression that they were getting of me was just because I was part of a program that is mostly represented by women. At first, this bothered me, but then I began to get used to such comments. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with being gay, but I guess it just bothered me a bit because I know that I am straight and people shouldn’t get the impression that just because I was a guy in the social work program meant that I was gay. A research conducted in the 70’s shows that many male social workers experience conflicts with their gender identity (Kadushin, 1976). I believe that the number of men in social work is much larger now than it was in the 70’s. Maybe in the 70’s it was much more rare to see a man in a woman’s profession, which is why there was thought of men having issues with gender identity. Pease (2011), describes that men should take on more caring professions. Why don’t we see many men in professions such as social work? Does it have to do with the topic of sexuality? Maybe men don’t want to be in a profession that will question their sexuality. I am aware of my own identity and I am aware of my sexuality. I have no problem being in a profession like the one in which I am