How cross-cultural relationships can derail
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How cross-cultural relationships can derailHow cross-cultural relationships can derail
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Recognizing one’s own unconscious bias
• We have a human tendency to be biased towards what is like us or what we’re used to.
• When we don’t recognize and accommodate for our unconscious bias, we may lose some choices around how to act (or the quality of our legal services).
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Which is “better”??
Otherwise . . . .Otherwise . . . .
First Client
• Interrupted
• Loud
• Not deferential
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Second Client
• Soft spoken
• Appreciative
• No interrupting
I will end up providing inferior services to people who do not fit my assumptions unless I can . . .
•Step back and see my own assumptions about what is appropriate, or what constitutes appropriate behavior
•See and question my automatic judgments against those who do not fit it
•And . . .
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Make my expectations explicit (and negotiable).Make my expectations explicit (and negotiable).
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Federal Poverty GuidelinesFederal Poverty Guidelines
• Federal poverty guidelines (FPG) for a family of four: $23,550*
• ____ of people live in poverty in the U.S. (2009)
• ____ of children live in poverty (2008)* 2012 pretax income (not including noncash benefits such as public housing, Medicaid, employer-provided health insurance and food stamps)
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Budgeting for poverty – average amounts spentBudgeting for poverty – average amounts spent
Category Monthly Expense Percent of Total Left Over
Starting Point $22,350 ÷ 12 $1,863
Housing 515 25% 1,347
Utilities 223 11% 1,124
Transportation 476 23% 649
Food 397 19% 252
Health Care 206 10% 46
Child Care 222 11% -1768
* www.povertyusa.org
Budgeting for poverty – what about?Budgeting for poverty – what about?
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Poverty and DisabilityPoverty and Disability• Between 50 and 60% of those in poverty have a disability.
• Mental illness is two to nine times higher in poverty. • Some difficulties among persons 15 years old and over:
– 5%: seeing words and letters in ordinary newsprint– 6%: hearing what is said in a conversation with another
person– 9%: walking three city blocks– 8%: lifting and carrying a full bag of groceries– 4%: going outside the home alone to shop or visit a
doctor's office (1.5 million used wheelchair, 4.0 million used a cane, etc.)
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