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Coloniality and Intersectionality in Social Work Education and Practice
School of Social Work Faculty Publications
  • Rhea V. Almeida, Institute for Family Services, Somerset, NJ
  • Lisa Marie Werkmeister Rozas, University of Connecticut
  • Bronwyn Cross-Denny, Sacred Heart University
  • Karen Kyeunghae Lee, California State University, Fullerton
  • Ann-Marie Yamada, University of Southern California
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Abstract

The history of social work education is deeply entangled with the structures of White supremacy and coloniality. Through an analysis of coloniality, the system from which social work operates, this article outlines an alternative framework of intersectionality, which decodes the dominant discourse in relation to power, privilege, White supremacy, and gender oppression. The framework of intersectionality moves professional social work pedagogy and practice from the trenches of coloniality toward decoloniality. The concepts of intersectionality and critical consciousness are operationalized to demonstrate how social work education can effect structural and transformational change through de-linking from its white supremacists roots.

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Published online first, February 2019.

DOI
10.1080/10428232.2019.1574195
Citation Information

Almeida, R. V., Werkmeister Rozas, L. M., Cross-Denny, B., Lee, K. K., & Yamada, A. M. (2019). Coloniality and intersectionality in social work education and practice. Journal of Progressive Human Services, 30(2), 148-164. Doi: 10.1080/10428232.2019.1574195