Reflection In Ethics Class

In the many years that I have been a counselor and working in the human services field, I have taken many ethics courses. Some for the purposes to get my degree and others for continuing education credits. I can honestly say that this is the first time that the course has actually challenged my way of thinking. I started this course with my initial self-evaluation journal stating that I try not to be prejudice and how I was raised. I now believe that I am not prejudice by any means. I may be judgmental at times to things that I do not understand but I am far from prejudice or racist. I believe that I am very open minded and not nearly as judgmental as others. I must admit I asked some of my family members about some of the discussion board …show more content…
I believe that the majority of people that have been discriminated against think that they had it worse than others, this annoys me. I feel that people should open their minds and realize that everyone struggles and every race has some form of discrimination. For instance, I am Irish and my husband is Polish. His family fled Poland during World War II in fear of persecution. The Irish portion of my family came to this country and lived poor and worked there way up to where they are at now. Therefore, both cultures that I deal with regularly have faced some form of discrimination.
In conclusion, I still believe that I control my biases very well. I continue to strive to not be judgmental or allow my biases to interfere with my career. Although, I do feel that this class has assisted me in breaking down some of my prejudices. I still do not attempt to make friends with co-workers, however, I believe that that is because of years of lessons learned. The one major thing that I have learned is the difference between the lessons that I have learned in life and what is prejudice. I know now that I am not prejudice, I am guarded. Being guarded is completely different than being