Video 1 Alex and Coach
COACH LESLIE: Hi, Alex. I’m glad you could join me for
our cheerleading pre-tryout orientation meeting. And thanks for joining
on video conference. That allows us to meet
earlier in the summer while people are
still on vacation or have challenging schedules. Well, I’m Coach Leslie. Tell me a little about yourself. ALEX WILLIAMS:
Yeah, I’m a junior. I’m really excited about cheer. I’ve wanted to be on
the squad for a while, and I’ve been
practicing at home. COACH LESLIE: And where’s home? ALEX WILLIAMS: Oh, South City. I will take the bus from
here to St. Paul. COACH LESLIE: Well, you
seem very well-spoken. ALEX WILLIAMS: Thanks. COACH LESLIE: Listen. Are you sure you want
to be a cheerleader? I mean, don’t get me
wrong, it is athletic. But, look, don’t rule
out the basketball team. ALEX WILLIAMS: Um, yes. Thank you for the suggestion. COACH LESLIE: Sure.
Video 2 Alex meeting with a counselor
SPEAKER: Hi, Alex. Thank you for meeting
with me today, and thank you for agreeing
to a video conference. Seemed to work best for
our schedules today. ALEX WILLIAMS: Sure. SPEAKER: So I’ve heard
from your teachers that you don’t
seem like yourself. Has something happened lately
that you want to talk about? ALEX WILLIAMS: Yeah. Yeah, I guess so. SPEAKER: OK, what was it? ALEX WILLIAMS: I’ve been down
since cheerleading orientation. The coach said
something that made it really clear that
cheerleading may not be for a Black girl. Why would she even say
something like that? And I just– I feel like I’m
just dealing with enough as it is right now with the shooting,
the [? Trey ?] [? Noya ?] shooting, another unarmed
black man shot by police, and it’s in my neighborhood. SPEAKER: Yeah, I heard about it. How do you think these
events are affecting you? ALEX WILLIAMS:
Well, I don’t think I’m going to try out
for cheerleading, so there goes that plan. Maybe. I don’t know. Plus, I feel like I go into a
school with mostly white kids. It just feels like
everyone is looking at me. I can’t concentrate. I can’t even focus
on my school work, because I can’t stop thinking
about how nothing is going to happen to that cop or to
the coach because they’re both white, and it just–
BY DAY 3
Record and post a 2-minute video in which you imagine yourself responding to the student as a social worker.
Then, in your post, do the following:
Reflect on the practice skills you demonstrated in the video.
Explain the potential impacts of ethnic and racial microaggressions on psychological development in adolescence.
Describe how you would work with the student to curb these negative impacts. Draw on the values and ethics of the profession in your response.
