Multicultural Advocates, Inc.
Strengthening Community through Equality and Empowerment
Assumptions that are barriers when counseling immigrants.
- Race is unimportant in interpersonal relationships.
- If Asians and other minorities try hard, they can assimilate into the dominant society.
- Direct recognition of differences will cause more harm than good.
- The only way to be successful is to emulate the dominant culture.
- Since Asians and other immigrants have chosen to live in this country, they must give up their traditions and old ways.
- There can be no real understanding between races.
- Asians and other immigrants are too clannish.