The use of counter-narratives in a social work course from a critical race theory perspective

Ávila, María Betânia; Aldana, Adriana; Zaragoza, Michelle

doi:10.4324/9780429279713-23

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“…Now more than ever, we support the integration of CRT, and its branches, in social work education to address the limitations of the multicultural approach prevalent in the U.S. (Abrams & Moio, 2009;Aldana & Vazquez, 2020;Constance-Huggins, 2012;Ortiz & Jani, 2010). Though much of the literature advocated for its use for over a decade, empirical evidence of its actual implementation in social work education has proliferated more rapidly in recent years (Ashley & Paez, 2015;Avila et al, 2020;Duhaney et al, 2022;Einbinder, 2019;Murray-Litchtman et al, 2022). This paper aims to contribute to this growing body of literature by providing an illustrative example of the integration of CRT's conceptual underpinnings and tenets across a Master of Social Work (MSW) program curriculum.…”

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“…Critical Social Work aims to disrupt the status quo in part by countering to the color-evasive service-oriented approach predominant in our profession (Avila et al, 2020;Campbell & Baikie, 2012). Relatedly, a CRT-informed approach encourages social workers to provide more than "services," by attending to racism as a structural force shaping the lives of their clients and communities of practice.…”

Section: Critical Race Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The course is grounded in the tenet of Voices of Color, or Counternarratives, which consciously moves away from dominant cultural narratives and legitimizes the knowledge and experience of communities of color (Delgado & Stefancic, 2001), thus decentering White supremacist culture and in turn the Eurocentric nature of social work pedagogy and practice. Moreover, storytelling methodology and narrative assignments in this course center students' personal stories as relevant and worthy, guiding them in making connections between theory and their lived experiences (for more instructional strategies, see Avila et al, 2020). As such, the fifteen-week course is structured in a way that asks students to engage in critical self-reflection about their race, ethnicity, and other salient social identities, make connections between their lived experiences and the theoretical concepts discussed in class, then apply a CRT lens to the analysis of social issues relevant to social work.…”

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Centering Anti-Racism in Social Work Education: Integration of Critical Race Theory Across an MSW Curriculum

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2023

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Ranging from a multicultural approach to models of cultural sensitivity and cultural competency, social work education has historically avoided challenging the power of racism in shaping inequity in the United States. We argue that integrating critical race theory (CRT) in social work education decenters whiteness, counters color-evasive racism in education, and centers anti-racist ideas and practices. CRT provides social work educators with a framework that explicitly addresses race and racism while challenging social work students to self-reflect critically on their own experiences with privilege and oppression. Further, it enables social work students and practitioners to analyze race and other systems of oppression structurally. This manuscript offers an overview of how CRT is integrated across an MSW curriculum to better prepare social work students to engage in anti-racist social work practice. We describe specific examples of how CRT is infused into the curriculum in theory and practice courses. We conclude with an acknowledgment that CRT is not without limitations and call for more empirical research that assesses the effectiveness of CRT’s application to social work praxis.

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Fifteen Years of Critical Race Theory in Social Work Education

Aldana,

Nakaoka,

Vazquez

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Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice

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Critical race theory (CRT) has gained traction in social work over the past decade. Its tenets expose color-evasive rhetoric embedded in social work education, moving beyond a “multicultural” education approach by delving into the barriers of institutional racism and other systems of oppression. This chapter illustrates how social work education can address racism by applying critical race pedagogy (CRP), offering lessons learned from the authors’ experiences teaching and running a Master of Social Work (MSW) program rooted in CRT. Since its founding in 2006, the California State University at Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) MSW program has explicitly and intentionally integrated CRP throughout its curriculum. A campus born out of the 1960s Watts rebellion, with 89% Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) students, CSUDH remains an auspicious location for CRP. CRP is an innovative approach that not only enhances social work content but also provides a “how to” for integrating CRT into all aspects of competency-based education.

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LatCrit and Social Work Epistemology

Nakaoka,

Aldana,

Ortiz

2023

Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice

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Social work has relied on epistemology that privileges Whiteness over racialized groups. As the population of Latinx individuals in the United States continues to grow, new paradigmatic frames that are more responsive to the complex and urgent needs of Latinx populations are required. LatCrit, originating in legal and education scholarship, provides a culturally resonant lens that addresses systemic oppression and the racialization of issues such as immigration, bilingualism, low-wage labor, and perceived reliance on social support systems. LatCrit social work scholars have integrated the theory into social work praxis but have yet to apply it to epistemology. The authors provide examples of LatCrit as illustrations of how critical theory can be used to deconstruct social work epistemology. Implications for LatCrit in social work education are provided, which include an emphasis on the collective, experiential learning, oral history, and intergenerational knowledge.

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The use of counter-narratives in a social work course from a critical race theory perspective

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Centering Anti-Racism in Social Work Education: Integration of Critical Race Theory Across an MSW Curriculum

Centering Anti-Racism in Social Work Education: Integration of Critical Race Theory Across an MSW Curriculum

Fifteen Years of Critical Race Theory in Social Work Education

LatCrit and Social Work Epistemology

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