Who Are We? Social and Economic Class. Social Sciences Essay (Essay Sample)

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Assignment Questions
In order to complete this assignment, you will answer the following questions in essay format. This formal paper will be formatted using 12-point font and double spacing with an expected length is 2500 words maximum.
Social and Economic Class
Into what social and economic class (SES) were you born? If this changed over time, how did it change? How did you know you belonged to this SES? What messages have you received about those who are of a different SES as you?
Gender Identity
How do you express your gender identity? If this changed over time, how did it change? What messages have you received about your gender identity? Where did you receive these messages? How have these messages shaped your current thought about those who are of the same/different gender identity as you? Give at least two specific examples of how your gender identity affects your life.
Racial/Ethnic Identity
How do you identify racially/ethnically? Has this changed over time? If it has changed, how has it changed? What messages have you received about your ascribed-to race/ethnicity? What messages have you received about those who are of a different racial/ethnic group? How have these messages shaped your current thought about those who ascribe to the same racial/ethnic group? How have these messages shaped your current thought about those who ascribe to a different racial/ethnic group? Give at least two specific examples of how your race/ethnicity has affected your life.
Critical Reflection
Considering the answers you provided to the above questions, which were most difficult to answer? Why were they difficult to answer? Did marginalization or benefits associated with the identity impact the discomfort or difficulty in answering any question? Was it difficulty because the sharing of your identities holds some feeling of vulnerability? In other words, are you not accustomed to sharing personal information with people (in this case faculty) whom you do not share some level of an intimate relationship (like friends and family)? Consider how often social work clients’ information (identity, trauma histories, consequences of addiction struggles, interpersonal violence) are shared through case notes that you may be reading as you begin your field placement. In the Who Are We? assignment, you have control of the narrative. You can tell your story as you would like the reader to absorb it. Case notes, on the other hand, are a client’s story told through the eyes of a clinician, filtered through the clinician’s value system.