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Talk about race: using critical race theory to support black social work students and prepare a representative and critical workforce.

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العنوان: Talk about race: using critical race theory to support black social work students and prepare a representative and critical workforce.
المؤلفون: Stephens, Tricia N., Rock-Vanloo, Nyla I.
المصدر: Social Work Education; Apr2022, Vol. 41 Issue 3, p370-386, 17p
مصطلحات موضوعية: CULTURAL competence, RACE, BLACK students, SOCIAL work students, CRITICAL race theory, YOUNG adults, HIGHER education
مصطلحات جغرافية: UNITED States
مستخلص: Social work's (SW) goal of preparing a workforce more representative of the diversity of people served by the profession requires the use of theories that actively confront long-held assumption of White hegemony. This paper centers the discussion of race for its simultaneous invisibility and its power to transform SW educational spaces in the United States (US) context. An overview of the cultural competence (CC) model, a theoretical framework often used to prepare SW practitioners, is provided with a critique of its avoidance of any analysis of race and racism. The ways in which this "color-blind" approach severely limits the CC model's ability to both recognize and meet the needs of Black SW students as they navigate their dual-identities as professionals-in-training and members of a racial group who has endured historical oppression are explored. Critical race theory (CRT) is offered as an alternative conceptual framework which centers discussions of race and racism, offering opportunities to both recognize and support the learning needs and experiences of Black SW students. Guidelines for adapting SW curricula and assignments to utilize CRT in ways that support the development of critical analytic skills for SW practice are provided. Global implications for this work beyond the American context are discussed throughout. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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قاعدة البيانات: Complementary Index
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تدمد:02615479
DOI:10.1080/02615479.2020.1841155