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Race and Ethnicity in the Social Work Grand Challenges

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ID10554377
AuthorsSmitha Rao (0000-0002-6788-001X, corresponding author), B Woo (0000-0002-2528-8966), Dale Dagar Maglalang (0000-0001-8909-0193), Melissa Wood Bartholomew, Melissa Bartholomew, M Cano (0000-0001-6442-5460), Abril N Harris (0000-0001-9738-8141), Abril Harris, Ty B Tucker
Year2020
Volume66
Issue1
Pages9-17
Publication date2020-10-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-8046 • E-ISSN: 1545-6846
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sw/swaa053
PMID33523185
OpenAlexW3127801741
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited13

Race, ethnicity, and racism (RER) are interconnected with the critical problems tackled in the Grand Challenges for Social Work (GCSW). Yet, the extent to which the GCSW discuss the central role of RER is less clear. This article investigates how the GCSW integrate RER in their discourse. Using content analysis, authors examined all 21 concept papers that comprise the 12 initial GCSW to determine their attention to RER. Authors assessed whether each paper made any reference to race or ethnicity, whether race or ethnicity was considered as a primary theme, and whether racism was mentioned. Nine GCSW had at least one paper that mentioned race or ethnicity; seven had at least one paper that treated race and ethnicity as a major construct. Five GCSW contained at least one paper that discussed racism's impacts on their topical interests. None of the papers analyzed in the study defined or specified their conceptualization of racism. The GCSW are strategically positioned to widen and deepen social work's focus on RER, and the recent adoption of the 13th GCSW to "Eliminate racism" is an important first step. Authors encourage the social work field to embrace a more explicit, renewed, and continued commitment to eradicating systemic racism

Anti-racism · Conceptualization · Construct (python library · Ethnic group · Psychometrics of racism · Race (biology · Racism · Sociology · Theme (computing · Anthropology · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Migration, Health and Trauma · Social Work Education and Practice

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