Multicultural Perspectives in Human Services
Module 8: Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History
and Context
Overview
Welcome to Module 8: Asian American, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders History and Context
This module discusses Asian American history, gender roles, and LGBTQIA+ intersectionality, including application to human services
delivery. This module also addresses the history and context of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
Learning Objectives
In this module, we will:
Summarize Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander
history as related to
o Early Chinese and Filipino Immigration.
o Hawaiian Recruitment of Asian Laborers.
o Japanese American Incarceration During World War II.
o Repeal of Immigration Restrictions for Asian Americans.
o Civil Rights Movement related to Asian Americans
Discuss gender roles from Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and
Pacific Islander perspectives.
Explain LGBTQIA+ Intersectionality from Asian American, Native
Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander perspectives.
Step-by-Step Guide
Please complete the following for this module:
Step 1: Read Chapter 10 in your textbook. [Learning Objectives: 1a, 1b,
2a, 3b, 4a]
Step 2: Please watch the following video titled “Interview with an
Expert”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mvWZbhofpQ [1a, 1d, 2a,
3b, 4a]
Step 3: Complete the Module 8 Quiz, worth 20 points, which is located
below. You can complete the quiz twice and the higher score counts. [1a,
1b, 2a, 3b, 4a]
Step 4: Complete the Module 8 Discussion, worth 30 points, which is
located below. [1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4a, 4b]
Module 8 Discussion
Application and Analysis (Worth 30 points)
The purpose of this discussion is twofold. First, analyzing Landmark
Cases that impact communities of color provides an opportunity to
broaden the perspectives of human services professionals.
Consequently, the purpose of this portion of the assignment is to analyze
a Landmark Case that impacted Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian, or
Pacific Islanders, including the role of justice in the case, implications on
public perception, and how the implications of the case might impact
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander clients. The second
purpose of this assignment is to ponder a case study application and
engage in the self-reflection that results from practicing cultural humility
while increasing cultural competencies.
Landmark Cases: Application and Analysis
Step 1: Consult the following list for brief summaries of Landmark Cases
that directly impacted Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, or Pacific
Islanders: Landmark Cases. Either identify one of the cases from the list,
or if you prefer, you can identify a case not on the list that involved or
impacted Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, or Pacific Islanders.
Step 2: Research the case, using only sources you deem credible.
Thoughtfully and thoroughly respond to the following prompts, and
when appropriate, integrate relevant content from the assigned readings
or video lectures provided thus far in our course.
Name and summarize the case.
Identify and explain what you perceive to be the role of justice,
injustice, or partial justice as related to the case.
Explain the implications of the case, including the impact on public
perception. Identity the systemic issues related to the case. If
intersectionality of identities played a role in the case, integrate its
relevance into your response. Relevant media that you deem
credible can be integrated into your response, including podcasts,
social media, and/or shows or movies meaningful to Asian
American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander communities.
Imagine you are a human services provider. Explain how this case
and its outcome might impact the perspective of an Asian
American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander client seeking
services.
Case Study: Application and Analysis
This portion of the discussion applies content learned thus far in our
course to thinking through your work with future clients. To do so, please
ponder and respond to the following case study.
Step 3: Please read the following case study: Nguyen Van Tuan.
Step 4: Imagine you are Van Tuan’s human services provider (in your
particular field-of-interest). Think through the following prompts,
pondering both relevant content covered thus far in our course and how
you might handle each of the questions raised in the prompts below.
How might you approach building a trust-based relationship with
Van Tuan?
How might you explore the impact of the microaggressions Van
Tuan is experiencing in the workplace?
Van Tuan expressed having somatic symptoms, such as headaches.
How might you explore this with Van Tuan?
How might you explore with Van Tuan his Vietnamese identity and
his mainstream U.S. cultural identity?
Step 5: In one paragraph, describe and assess your approach in Step 4,
explaining the strengths and weaknesses of your approach. (You need
not provide your responses to the four prompts above; instead, compose
a paragraph that describes your approach and assesses the strengths
and weaknesses of your approach.)
Step 6: Self-evaluation is an important part of building cultural
competence among human service providers. Based on you as the human
services provider and Van Tuan as your client, ponder your response to
the following questions:
In working with Van Tuan, I:
feel my own identity may influence my effectiveness in working
with Van Tuan. Think through how and why.
can (or cannot) link the systemic problems of racism and
discrimination to Van Tuan’s concerns. Think through how you
would approach doing so and identify what might be your next step
in learning how to do so.
would provide Van Tuan with culturally responsive resources.
Think about which resources you would provide Van Tuan and why.
Consult the Module 4 Discussion which identified resources for
communities of color.
Step 7: In one paragraph, summarize what you learned from the self-
evaluation portion of this assignment (from Step 6). (You need not
provide your responses to the three prompts above; instead, compose a
paragraph that summarizes your self-evaluation.)
Step 8: Post your responses to Steps 2, 5, and 7 to the discussion forum.
For your sources in Step 2, please use APA in-text citations and APA
reference page citations.
Step 9: Reply to at least one classmate’s post with a substantive reply
that integrates relevant content from our course. Your reply should
include at least one paragraph about the Landmark Case identified by
your classmate, and your reply should also include at least one paragraph
that provides constructive, positive feedback to your classmate’s
approach working with the client in the case study. If you located a
resource you think would be helpful to your classmate, please include it
and explain how the resource has been helpful to you.
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