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Positioning Critical Race Theory with Anti-Diversity, Equity, Inclusion within Social Work Education
April 24, 2023 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Positioning Critical Race Theory with Anti-Diversity, Equity, Inclusion within Social Work Education
Kiana Webb-Robinson
Within predominantly white social work programs, students of color, particularly African American students as well as faculty, are withdrawing or resigning citing targeted microaggressions, lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as a lack of cultural humility from peers, faculty, and practicum supervisors (Gooding& Mehrotra). The Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards manual (EPAS) outlines the knowledge, values, and skills that formulate competencies central to social work education. The literature suggests that cultural competency identified in past iterations of the EPAS does not effectively address discrimination, systematic oppression, and marginalization faced by persons of color.
April 24, 2023 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
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Kiana Webb-Robinson
Within predominantly white social work programs, students of color, particularly African American students as well as faculty, are withdrawing or resigning citing targeted microaggressions, lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as a lack of cultural humility from peers, faculty, and practicum supervisors (Gooding& Mehrotra). The Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards manual (EPAS) outlines the knowledge, values, and skills that formulate competencies central to social work education. The literature suggests that cultural competency identified in past iterations of the EPAS does not effectively address discrimination, systematic oppression, and marginalization faced by persons of color.
A shift to cultural humility requires individuals to perform self-reflection, personal critiquing, and addressing biases. Merging critical race theory with cultural humility provides an internal and external epistemological review of how these barriers have continued without interruption. Social work education should be purposeful in creating authentic, measurable, and deliberate outcomes to address the multilevel loss of students and faculty of color by purposefully charting a path forward that is anti-racist, diverse, equitable, and inclusive in scholarship, education, and practice. The capstone project will look at this path forward through a systematic literature review, and a conceptual and practice framework.
April 24, 2023 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
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