Cultural humility is a concept that helps to provide culture-sensitive ethical care in a wide variety of settings. Cultural humility is not something that can be achieved; instead, it is a life-long commitment to learning about different aspects of cultures, connected to ability/disability, sexual orientation and gender identity, ethnic background, and numerous other dimensions (Greene-Moton & Minkler, 2020). The primary area of improvement is learning that cultural humility is not a goal that you can reach. The immersion project made me confident that I will be able to provide ethical services according to the principles of cultural humility. However, after I went online, I realized that there was still much to learn and understand, as there are thousands of confessions within the Hindu culture that may differ in their core. Thus, I always need to be prepared to learn from my clients (Greene-Moton & Minkler, 2020). Additionally, I need to be more aware of my own culture to understand what biases I may impose on my clients, which is crucial, according to the National Organization of Human Services (2015).
Cultural humility and ethical competence can facilitate social change in a wide variety of ways. For instance, cultural humility can promote social justice in schools, which is crucial for me, as I am a teacher. According to Fisher (2020), “cultural humility can serve as a link between cultural diversity and social justice, providing a deep awareness that allows school psychologists to understand themselves and their interactions with diverse students and families” (p. 53). Utilization of the principles of cultural humility can help to be proactive in defining culture-inflicted problems and finding correct ways of addressing them (Fisher, 2020). For instance, a school can detect that school practices impose biases on sexual minorities or promote Christianity worldwide, which is inappropriate. Cultural humility can help to learn from students and parents about things that can be changed to improve the situation.
References
Fisher, E. S. (2020). Cultural humility as a form of social justice: Promising practices for global school psychology training. School Psychology International, 41(1), 53-66.
Greene-Moton, E., & Minkler, M. (2020). Cultural competence or cultural humility? Moving beyond the debate. Health Promotion Practice, 21(1), 142-145.
National Organization of Human Services. (2015). Ethical standards for human services professionals. Web.