Humanities Homework Help

As counselors, we are not blank slates. We enter relationships with our own worldview, and with deeply embedded thoughts and beliefs. We are also a product of entrenched systems that segregate and divide: physically, cognitively, and socioeconomically. In order to be able to connect with and learn from others, you must first begin with confronting your own limitations and blind spots. This portfolio will be built across the semester, as each assignment builds on the other. You will submit each part on the due date, but the final assignment will be a synthesis of what you have learned throughout all of the assignments. There is great freedom and flexibility in each assignment, as my main criteria are for you to identify your own areas of growth, and lean into the growing pains associated with that area.

Once you have identified your area of personal growth, you should select a book to read (nonfiction) related to that area. All of the books must be approved by the instructor ahead of time.

The book review should be 3-4 pages in length and contain reflections on the following:

1. In what ways did this book inform/enhance your understanding or awareness?
2. What messages were particularly difficult to process/accept and why?
3. How do you think reading this book will impact your work as a counselor, both now as you are learning and in the future when you work with clients?

BOOK TO READ: Blindspot by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald  AND MOVIE TO WATCH Operation Finale.