Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee

Cultural Competencies

R. T. Carter’s Racial Identity Development Applied to Social Interactions Type of Relationship Parallel

Development Level of the Person with More Power/Privilege

Development Level of the Person with Less Power/Privilege

Both at the same level (at a less advanced level)*

Characteristics of the Relationship Both persons express the same type of attitudes about their own race and the race of others. The relationship is self-validating and socially confirming, placid but stagnant. The person with less power acquires no new information about how to deal with racial stimuli. Neither party is presented with opportunities to change their racial identity statuses.

Conversations One Might Hear 1. Adult: “It’s so great when students can ‘get with the program’ and succeed in school. It can’t be that hard to do that.” Student: “I know. I’m trying hard, and people think I’m doing so well – I don’t know what’s wrong with those other kids.” 2. Adult: “You are so articulate – not like those other people from your group.” Student: “Thank you!”

Regressive

Less advanced

More advanced

From the perspective of the person with more power/privilege, the relationship produces anxiety, resistance, and anger. Little growth is facilitated in either party even though the possibility exists here for the more powerful/privileged person to learn from the less powerful/privileged. Often, the person with more power/privilege claims to be misunderstood and seeks to clarify her/his intention at the expense of the impact their expressions may have caused.

Conversations One Might Hear 1. Student: “What you said was offensive to me.” Adult: “Well, no – you just didn’t understand me. If you understood what I meant, you would never see what I said as offensive.” 2. Student: “What just happened felt like discrimination.” Adult: “Well, I’m not a racist. Not everything is about race. You’re playing the race card, and you’re just so angry all the time. You’re not working with me!”

Crossed

Less advanced

More advanced

The person with less power/privilege feels disregarded, devalued, and dismissed in the interaction. There is likely conflict and suppression, and the core dynamics often centers around the expressions of oppositional positions in which the less powerful/privileged person’s experiences and feelings are often denied. Here, the less powerful /privileged person may seek to have the impact of the more powerful/privileged person’s comments or actions understood, and she/he may be less concerned with the apparent intentions underlying that intention.

Conversations One Might Hear 1. Student: “You’re picking on me. Why don’t you pick on the White kids? Why aren’t you making sure they’re working hard? It’s because I’m Black, isn’t it?” Adult: “I need you to calm down, and I want to speak to you after class.” Student: “Figures. You don’t care how I feel. You’re probably gonna expel me. I don’t have a chance.” 2. Adult: “I’m sorry that what I said offended you. I didn’t mean to.” Student: “Yeah right. You don’t know what I’m going through, what it’s like for me around here, how hard it is for my people. Why won’t you ever listen?”

Adapted from M. J. Nakkula and E. Toshalis, Understanding Youth, Harvard Education Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006.

Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee

Type of Relationship

Progressive

Cultural Competencies

Development Level of the Person with More Power/Privilege

Development Level of the Person with Less Power/Privilege

More advanced

Less advanced

Characteristics of the Relationship The more power/privileged person is in a position to help the less powerful participant determine deepen her/his understanding of issues surrounding race and racial identity. Depending on the communicative qualities of the relationship, the less powerful/privileged person may be open to hearing and incorporating some of this knowledge as she/he complexifies her/his racial identity status.

Conversations One Might Hear 1. Adult: “You seem upset. Tell me why. What’s going on for you?” Student: “It’s really hard for me. I get so confused. I think people are thinking stuff about me because of my race, my parents want me to be this way, my friends want me to be that way, I want to belong, but I make somebody mad whenever I choose… (etc.)” Adult: “Gosh, it must be really hard. Let’s talk about it some more. Maybe I can tell you about how I (or someone like you) got through it.” 2. Student: “I’m pissed off because of all these unfair things.” Adult: “I can see that. And I understand why you would be. No one should have to go through that. What I want for you is to be able to express those feelings in a time, place, and way that will allow you to succeed and be heard.” Student: “You don’t understand what I’m going through.” Adult: “Of course not. I’m not you. But can we work together to see how I can support you without making you feel like I’m part of the problem?”

*There is a type of relationship not mentioned in the Carter model, but one that may be a possibility. Let’s called this relationship Symbiotic. It may seem that the relationship is idealistic, but idealism does not preclude possibility.  Type of Relationship Symbiotic

Development Level of the Person with More Power/Privilege

Development Level of the Person with Less Power/Privilege

Both at the same level (at a more advanced level)*

Characteristics of the Relationship The more power/privileged person and the person with less power/privilege are committed to continuing dialogue which deepens each person’s understanding of issues surrounding race and racial identity. The participants are equal partners in complexifying her/his racial identity status.

Lines of Conversations One Might Hear 1. “Let’s talk about what that was like for us as a ________ and ________person. How did that make us feel as individuals? Was it different? How? Why?” 2. “What kind of things makes us feel good about being a _______ person or _______ person? What kind of things makes us feel bad? Are these feelings at the expense of one another? When? Why?” 3. “Can we talk about what just happened there? How can we support each other on decreasing the negative impacts of that incident or increasing the positive outcome of that incident?

Adapted from M. J. Nakkula and E. Toshalis, Understanding Youth, Harvard Education Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006.

Racial Identity and Social Interactions

Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee. Cultural Competencies. Adapted from M. J. Nakkula and E. Toshalis, Understanding Youth, Harvard Education Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. R. T. Carter's Racial Identity Development Applied to Social Interactions. Type of. Relationship. Development Level of the Person with More. Power/Privilege.

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