Understanding Privilege and Engaging in Activism
Elevating Social Justice in Social Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2501650 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nancy D Franke (0000-0002-8386-0633, La Salle University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 185-203 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Advances in Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1527-8565 • E-ISSN: 2331-4125 |
| Publisher | IUPUI University Library (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18060/25825 |
| OpenAlex | W4385858186 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
In order to best serve clients and be effective 'social change agents,' social workers must unpack their own privilege, learn about injustice, and work to dismantle interconnected systems of oppression. One way to do so is through engagement in social activism. This cross-sectional study examined intersectional demographic identities and knowledge of racial and heterosexual privilege as related to participation in political and social activism among a sample of 310 MSW students. Knowledge of heterosexual privilege was positively associated with engagement in political and social activism. People who identified as bisexual, gay, lesbian, or queer, as well as macro-focused students, reported significantly more activism engagement. A statistically significant difference was found in activism according to an intersectional race and gender variable and a race and sexual orientation variable as well. The study highlights the importance of including a critical approach to social work education that centers discussions about systems of power as oppressive forces that impact marginalized people and communities. MSW curricula must encourage engagement in advocacy and understanding of privilege for clinical and macro students alike
Heterosexism · Injustice · Intersectionality · Lesbian · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Queer · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
Critical Race Theory and the Cultural Competence Dilemma in Social Work Education
Intersectionality takes it to the streets
Teaching Notes
Refocusing Intersectionality in Social Work Education
Strengthening critical allyship in social work education
Development and Assessment of the Social Issues Advocacy Scale
Black Feminist Thought
White Privilege
Identity Categories as Potential Coalitions
The positive aspects of a bisexual self-identification
Participation in Black Lives Matter and deferred action for childhood arrivals
Initial Development and Psychometric Data for the Privilege and Oppression Inventory
Coalitions as a Model for Intersectionality
An Intersectional Analysis of Gender and Race for Sexual Minorities Who Engage in Gay and Lesbian Rights Activism
When Black + Lesbian + Woman ≠ Black Lesbian Woman
Social Work and Civic Engagement
An exploratory study of political attitudes and acts among child and family services workers
A National Study Predicting Licensed Social Workers' Levels of Political Participation
Prototypes of Social Work Political Participation
Mapping the Margins
Critical race theory
When Multiplication Doesn't Equal Quick Addition
Exploring Multi-Issue Activism
Transgender and nonbinary activism among social work students in the US
Construction and initial validation of the Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale (CoBRAS)
Awareness of Racism Among Social Work Students in a Challenging Era
Re-Envisioning Social Work Education
Abolishing Whiteness
Kneading, Needing, and Eating Black Bodies
Social Work Educators as White Allies
The Mirage of Action
Woke Disrupter
Political Advocacy Without a Choice
Intersectionality's Definitional Dilemmas
Master Framing and Cross-Movement Networking in Contemporary Social Movements
Sexual identities and participation in liberal and conservative social movements
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |