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CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND THE CULTURAL COMPETENCE DILEMMA IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION
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Cultural competence is a fundamental tenet of social work education. Although cultural competence with diverse populations historically referred to individuals and groups from non-White racial origins, the term has evolved to encompass differences pertaining to sexuality, religion, ability, and others. Critics charge that the cultural competence model is largely ineffective and that its tendency to equalize oppressions under a "multicultural umbrella" unintentionally promotes a color-blind mentality that eclipses the significance of institutionalized racism. In this article we argue that critical race theory (CRT) can be used to address some of these noted problems with the cultural competence model. We define the major tenets of CRT and analyze its benefits and limitations for social work pedagogy around race, racism, and other oppressions.
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- Authors
- Abrams, L. S., & Moio, J. A.
- Venue
- Journal of Social Work Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2009-04
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 245-261
- ISSN
- 1043-7797 (ISSN-L)
- 2163-5811
- OpenAlex
- W1982610089
- Cited by
- 522
- References
- 38
- FWCI
- 33.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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