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Emotions, Ethnicity, and the Case of Child Protection

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As confirmed in several studies (Cameron and Field 2000; Chand 2000; Nazroo 1997; Association of London Government 2000; Blackledge 1999), the match of the worker’s and family’s culture was seen as being vital to assisting emotional contact and practical accomplishments. In common with other research in East London, a match of cultures was said to provide shared aims and goals, break through language barriers for non-English speakers, and establish befriending and mutuality of feeling in so far as a shared culture solidified interpersonal and emotional relationships between workers, parents, and children (Hillier and Rahman 1996; Hillier et al. 1994). In the extract from an interview below, a Bangladeshi woman summarizes how the basis of a shared culture helps to establish close interpersonal relationships and emotions between workers and families. According to the Bangladeshi woman:

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Gray, B. (2012). Emotions, Ethnicity, and the Case of Child Protection. In: Face to Face with Emotions in Health and Social Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3402-3_10

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