TY - JOUR
T1 - From social justice to abolition
T2 - living up to social work’s grand challenge of eliminating racism
AU - Brock-Petroshius, Kristen
AU - Mikell, Dominique
AU - Washington, Durrell Malik
AU - James, Kirk
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - How can social work live up to the 13th Grand Challenge of Eliminating Racism? In this article we argue for the replacement of the predominant social justice paradigm with a framework for anti-racist social work praxis informed by abolitionist principles. The primary aim of anti-racist social work praxis needs to be the building of power in Black, Indigenous, or Brown and poor communities. We define additional praxis principles, including engaging with critical theories, advancing macro-approaches, targeting racism at the source, and developing interventions to eliminate and address the effects of racism. We end by sharing concrete anti-racist praxis tools.
AB - How can social work live up to the 13th Grand Challenge of Eliminating Racism? In this article we argue for the replacement of the predominant social justice paradigm with a framework for anti-racist social work praxis informed by abolitionist principles. The primary aim of anti-racist social work praxis needs to be the building of power in Black, Indigenous, or Brown and poor communities. We define additional praxis principles, including engaging with critical theories, advancing macro-approaches, targeting racism at the source, and developing interventions to eliminate and address the effects of racism. We end by sharing concrete anti-racist praxis tools.
KW - abolition
KW - anti-racism
KW - racism
KW - Social justice
KW - social work
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U2 - 10.1080/15313204.2022.2070891
DO - 10.1080/15313204.2022.2070891
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85132661968
SN - 1531-3204
VL - 31
SP - 225
EP - 239
JO - Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work
JF - Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work
IS - 3-5
ER -