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Finding a path to anti-racism: Pivotal childhood experiences of White helping professionals.
- Source :
- Qualitative Social Work; Jul2021, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p1025-1042, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- In a time of heightened bigotry and racialized violence, it is critical for social workers to engage in anti-racism practice. What leads White individuals to embrace this framework is less explored in scholarship. This paper presents data from an exploratory narrative inquiry with 10 White helping professionals in the Northeastern US who adopted an overtly anti-racism approach in their work. Narrative is a "cultural tool" through which individuals make sense of themselves and circumstances within context (Dauite et al., 2015: 48). Narrative inquiry involves uncovering the stories embedded within the overt stories told. With focus on pivotal childhood experiences, the themes taken up in this paper include the influence of family of origin values about race, exposure to racial difference, and experiences leading to the adoption of anti-racism tenets. The themes emerged as participants reflected on the self-discovery of racialization; initial exposure to racial inequity; and the impetus for them to become active in efforts to counter White supremacy. The paper aims to add to research on the engagement of White individuals in anti-racism efforts, an essential task for US social work as a predominantly White profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PREVENTION of racism
RESEARCH
RACISM
HOME environment
SOCIAL participation
PSYCHOLOGY of social workers
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
HUMAN sexuality
RESEARCH methodology
SOCIAL justice
GROUP identity
RACE
INTERVIEWING
EXPERIENCE
GENDER identity
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
INTERPERSONAL relations
CULTURAL competence
WHITE people
CIVIL rights
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14733250
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Qualitative Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151282261
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325020923021