The Black Power Movement and American Social Work

Bell, Joyce M.

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“…Consider how multiculturalism, diversity, and inclusion -demands that emerged from people of color following Black Power mobilization (Bell 2014) -have been appropriated and rearticulated in educational and corporate settings in ways that retrench and solidify white institutional space (Ahmed 2012;Embrick 2011). Interest convergence can also be observed at the individual level.…”

Section: Centrality Of Praxismentioning

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Racial Ideology or Racial Ignorance? An Alternative Theory of Racial Cognition

Mueller¹

2019

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Directing attention to racial ignorance as a core dimension of racialized social systems, this article advances a process-focused Theory of Racial Ignorance (TRI), grounded in Critical Race Theory and the philosophical construct white ignorance. TRI embodies five tenets—epistemology of ignorance, ignorance as ends-based technology, corporate white agency, centrality of praxis, and interest convergence. TRI’s tenets explain how racial ignorance reinforces white domination, attending to mechanisms of white knowledge evasion and resistance that facilitate racial reproduction—in everyday life, through institutions, and across societies more broadly. I illustrate TRI’s assets by comparison to an extant theory of racial cognition—color-blind theory (CBT). I argue TRI generates returns by shifting from racial ideology to racial ignorance, and from era-defined structures to ongoing historical processes; and demonstrate TRI’s unique capacity to explain and predict changes in dominant logics, supporting more strategic resistance.

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Section: Centrality Of Praxismentioning

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Racial Ideology or Racial Ignorance? An Alternative Theory of Racial Cognition

Mueller¹

2019

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“…Boundaries are maintained based on the structural power differentials as well as racial boundaries in activities conducted, with very few people developing relationships within more racially diverse organizations (Bell, 2014;Glenn, 2011;Munn, 2018).…”

Section: Established Scholarship Involving Black American Civic Engmentioning

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(Re)theorizing civic engagement: Foundations for Black Americans civic engagement theory

Robinson

2019

Sociology Compass

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Commonly known as “civic engagement,” getting involved within communities in a formalized way has served a foundational role in the development of the United States. Missing from foundational conceptualizations of analyses is theoretical and empirical research that does not center White people and experiences. In this article, I argue that researchers need to incorporate an understanding of Black American's relationship with civic engagement to increase the accuracy of literature on civic engagement. Toward this goal, I first outline the foundational conceptualizations of civic engagement. I next discuss the limitations of civic engagement theories with a focus on data sources and the exclusion of non‐White persons within foundational texts. I then highlight the historical civic activities of Black Americans that has been foregrounded in research on Black voluntary associations. This project pushes for a discussion on the relationship between civic engagement and race with a focus on Black Americans that is relevant to sociological understandings of civil society. I conclude by discussing how filling this gap has a far‐reaching impact in the field of collective behavior and social movements.

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“…People with activist impulses may enter professions where they feel they may be able to do some social good while earning a paycheck. Joyce Bell (2014) discusses how Black Power activists in the 1970s intentionally went into the professions, including social work, to gain power to make changes from inside the system. Even without a Black Power ideology, many Black people entered criminal justice or social service professions with the explicit idea of using the position to benefit their community.…”

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Engaged Academics as Activist Professionals: Privilege and Humility in Addressing Knowledge Divides

Oliver¹

2019

Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change

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The cross-pressures and tensions for engaged academics are like those of other activist professionals and advantaged allies. Academic knowledge is most useful when it is put into dialog with the knowledge and experiences of others and academics use their skills to bring new information into community discussions, to provoke discussions, and to carry knowledge between groups. Academics should listen as well as talk, recognize and respect the differences among community members, and actively attend to and seek to amplify the voices of those who are most oppressed and marginalized.

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The Black Power Movement and American Social Work

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Racial Ideology or Racial Ignorance? An Alternative Theory of Racial Cognition

Racial Ideology or Racial Ignorance? An Alternative Theory of Racial Cognition

(Re)theorizing civic engagement: Foundations for Black Americans civic engagement theory

Engaged Academics as Activist Professionals: Privilege and Humility in Addressing Knowledge Divides

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