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Essay / The Benefits of Racial Overcoming - 1041
Those who decide to use racial overcoming might experience emotional and even psychological problems. When working with our clients, it is always very important to be culturally competent. Knowing our clients' choice to choose racial inheritance will give us a better idea of the losses that may exist for them in terms of proximity to family and the cultures they have decided to leave behind. Those who have chosen to move toward the more dominant culture must recognize that while all white people benefit from racism, not all benefit from it equally (Adams, M., Blumenfeld, WJ, Castaneda, C., Hackman, HW, Peters, ML). , & Zuniga, X., 2000, p.67). Racial overcoming certainly has advantages for those who wish to participate, but it also has disadvantages in terms of what they give up in terms of their lives.