To Sum everything up African Americans are the most widely dispersed race currently at 13.3% of the world’s population and right under them are Latinos. Both being geographical and economical. Even though “steady immigration from African countries has increased the linguistics and cultural diversity within the African American culture.” Religion is a very important part of African American communities and is often overlooked by clinicians in therapy. Seeking help from a mental health agency not connected to the church or ministries is also often frowned upon. It is impossible to understand the magnitude of African American trauma because of the history itself. “From 1619- 1865 over 10-15 million Africans were brought here against their will and another 30-35 million died during the transport over.”( Kivel. 1996). To this day African American pays the price for the color of their skin after everything they have been through like being tortured, forced, malnourished, and separated from their family.
Question 2: some effective ways to help your client is to do your background on them as well as let them tell you their background because you can’t always assume something because of their race. Also, poverty does affect a large portion of African American so there is housing assistance for women in children and there are shelters, low-income homes, food stamps, Medicaid, and more programs available.
