PART 1: Social Work’s Historical Legacy of Racism and White Supremacy

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In Part One, we launch this symposium by examining “Social Work’s Historical Legacy of Racism and White Supremacy.” Our role as a helping profession has placed social workers in positions of coercion, racialization, and exclusion – often in the name of benevolence and care. Power relationships and logics of White supremacy have resulted in legacies of harm in Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color that have not been clearly acknowledged or adequately studied. In Part One, we unearth and examine these relationships through historical papers on topics such as child welfare, immigration, mental health, welfare, residential segregation, and urban displacement.

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    Social Work’s Historical Legacy of Racism and White Supremacy (Part 1/Day 2)
    (2020-11-13) Wright, Kelechi C.; Carr, Kortney; Akkin, Beci; Toft, Jessica; Murphy, Melissa; Cosby, Robert; Herbert Williams, James; Guz, Samantha; Boddie, Stephanie; Hiller, Amy; Abrams, Laura S.
    In Part One, we launch this symposium by examining “Social Work’s Historical Legacy of Racism and White Supremacy.” Our role as a helping profession has placed social workers in positions of coercion, racialization, and exclusion – often in the name of benevolence and care. Power relationships and logics of White supremacy have resulted in legacies of harm in Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color that have not been clearly acknowledged or adequately studied. In Part One, we unearth and examine these relationships through historical papers on topics such as child welfare, immigration, mental health, welfare, residential segregation, and urban displacement. This portion of the symposium features: 1. Reckoning with Coercion: Legacies of White Supremacy: Kelechi C. Wright, Kortney Carr, & Beci Akkin; Jessica Toft; Melissa Murphy; 2. Agents of Segregation: Social Workers and Urban Spaces: Robert Cosby; Samantha Guz; Stephanie Boddie & Amy Hiller 3. Closing and Lessons Learned: Laura S. Abrams
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    Social Work’s Historical Legacy of Racism and White Supremacy (Part 1/Day 1)
    (2020-11-12) Abrams, Laura; Crewe, Sandra; Dettlaff, Alan; Herbert Williams, James; Jones, Jenny; Haynes, Christin D.; Blakely, Joan; Lewis, Marva; Stevenson, Rae; Smith Brice, Tanya; Park, Yoosun; Roth, Benjamin; Chatterjee, Alicia
    Social work has a complex history of upholding White supremacy alongside a goal to achieve racial justice. Moreover, our profession simultaneously practices within racist systems and works to dismantle them. In the wake of a fervent #BlackLivesMatter movement and persistent racial disparities in key social welfare institutions, these paradoxes have come to the forefront of discussion in academic and practice circles. This unique moment presents an opportunity to interrogate our profession’s relationship to White supremacy and racial justice in order to reimagine an anti-racist future. We hope you’ll join us for a four-part series of virtual symposia that will address these themes. Symposium events will occur throughout the academic year and will address different aspects of our past, present, and future. This portion of the symposium features: 1. Welcome to the Symposium: Laura S. Abrams, Sandra Crewe, Alan Dettlaff, James Herbert Williams 2. Race-Making Through The Child Welfare And Juvenile Courts: Jenny Jones, Christin D. Haynes; Joan Blakely, Marva Lewis, & Rae Stevenson; Tanya Smith Brice 3. Social Work, Immigration and Displacement: Yoosun Park; Benjamin Roth; Alicia Chatterjee
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    Symposium Program, Part 1: Social Work’s Historical Legacy of Racism and White Supremacy
    (2020-11-20) Abrams, Laura; Crewe, Sandra; Dettlaff, Alan; Herbert Williams, James
    In Part One, we launch this symposium by examining “Social Work’s Historical Legacy of Racism and White Supremacy.” Our role as a helping profession has placed social workers in positions of coercion, racialization, and exclusion – often in the name of benevolence and care. Power relationships and logics of White supremacy have resulted in legacies of harm in Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color that have not been clearly acknowledged or adequately studied. In Part One, we unearth and examine these relationships through historical papers on topics such as child welfare, immigration, mental health, welfare, residential segregation, and urban displacement.