Why Is Racism Important In Social Work

Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another, that a person’s social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics (Anti-Defamation League, n.d.). Racism is seen in individuals who have a misconception about and hatred or dislike for another person due to their skin colour, race or religion and so on because to racist people, their features or beliefs etc., is much better and superior to those different to them. This serious social issue has a connection with and significance in social work. Social work is basically concerned with providing help and the necessary needs and services of individuals, families, groups and communities. Many people, especially those from
The demographic changes in the United States have contributed to the diversity of the student body.” The National Association of Social Work have been and is doing more to address the issue themselves and are calling on social workers to eliminate
Department of Health and Human Services, 2001 as cited in Okazaki, 2009). Sometimes when a minority individual faces racism once or on more than one occasion, it can impact them psychologically because it can harm their self-worth, reduce their self -esteem and can cause them to assume that any negative encounter has to do with the social issue which may lead to them being self-protective. The countless killings of black men in America by police officers or the recent bombs that were placed in the packages of Black and Hispanic people which killed more than three people in America, had caused due to those events and many more, trauma and mental distress, and took a psychological toll on minorities who became