Social Work and the Grand Challenge to Eliminate Racism

Martell Teasley, PhD, MSW, Dean of the College of Social Work at the University of Utah, and President of the National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work. Michael S. Spencer, PhD, MSSW, University of Washington (UW) Presidential Term Professor in Social Work and the Director of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Oceanic Affairs at the UW Indigenous Wellness Research Institute.Melissa Bartholomew, JD, MDiv, MSW, Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging and Instructor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School.

Finally, a textbook for the social work profession that dares to challenge the unyielding stain of American racism and its many attributes. The text provides readers with multiple historical references and perspectives about race and racism in our society. Research cited within the text supports that disparities exist in every institutional system due to policies, practices, and attitudes that are deeply rooted in long-held biases and beliefs about race. The authors explain the role that the social work profession must engage in to become an antiracist profession in bending the arc of justice towards equality and equity for all.

• Introduction Section I History, Racism, & Social Work Education Chapter 1 The Meaning and Function of Race & Racism: A Conceptual Understanding Chapter 2 Antiracism Social Work: History and the Challenge Ahead Chapter 3 Using Personal-Professional Narratives as a Technique for Teaching Chapter 4 Eradicating Racism: Social Work's Most Pressing Grand Challenge. Section II Racism and Individual and Family Wellbeing Chapter 5 Ending Racism: A Critical Perspective Chapter 6 Ensure the Healthy Development for Youth: Expansions and Elaborations for Equity Chapter 7 Ensuring Healthy Development for All Youth: Prevention Of PsychosisChapter 8 Closing the Health Gap: Addressing Racism, Settler Colonialism and White Supremacy Chapter 9 Integrating AASW&SW's Grand Challenges of Productive Aging with Anti-Racism and Health Equity Lenses to Improve Population Health Chapter 10 Racism and the Grand Challenge of Ending Family Violence Among Black Families SECTION III Eliminating Racism through Strengthening the Social Fabric Chapter 11 Beyond Colorism: The Impact of Racialization in U.S. Latinxs Chapter 12 Confronting the History of Racism Against Asian Americans in the U.S. Chapter 13 Strengthening the Social Responses to the Human Impacts of Environmental Change Chapter 14 Race and Racism in the Homelessness Crisis in the United States: Historic Antecedents, Current Best Practices and Recommendations to End Racial Disparities in Housing and HomelessnessChapter 15 Eradicating Social Isolation: Focus on Social Exclusion and Racism Section IV Progressive Approaches to Eliminating Institutional, Social Policy, and Economic Racism Chapter 16 Juvenile Justice for Achieving Equal Opportunity and Justice Chapter 17 From Mass Incarceration to Smart Decarceration 561Chapter 18 Reducing Racialized Barriers to School Success for All Children & Youth Chapter 19 Reversing Extreme Inequality Chapter 20 White Supremacy and American Social Policy: Implications for Racism-Centered Policy PracticeChapter 21 Policy, Practice and Institutional Barriers to FCAB for All Related to Race (Racism) in the U.S.