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Social Work With Culturally Diverse People addresses the ambivalent and ambiguous changes in society, which have conditioned and constrained the willingness, ability, and efforts of social workers to provide culturally competent services to those different from mainstream society. Each major disadvantaged group is studied.
Understanding and Working with Latino Americans
Understanding and Working with Latino Americans
Latino Americans: Who are they?
Latino Americans are the second-largest group contributing to the cultural diversity of the United States. However, there is a lack of consensus on what this group should be called. The government agencies use the term Hispanic, whereas many within the group prefer the term Latino. Hayes-Bautista and Chapa (1987) introduced the term Latinos, restricting the name to persons living in the United States whose ancestries are from Latin American countries. Both terms enjoy wide use, depending on the region of the country (e.g., Latino in California and Hispanic in Texas; Suarez & Ramirez, 1999). We will use Latino, although Hispanic will appear from time to time as an equivalent term. ...
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