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Social work’s settler work: Kris Clarke, Michael Yellow Bird, Decolonizing Pathways towards Integrative Healing in Social Work, Routledge, 2021

19Aug21

Excerpt: Social work emerged as a “modern” Western profession in step with settler colonial nation-building projects in the late nineteenth century. Its aim has been – paradoxically – to challenge state policies and advocate for social justice while supporting and operating with oppressive colonizing structures. Indeed, social work practices have sought to integrate citizens into the norms of dominant society by enforcing state policies that have routinely ignored diverse differences, needs, and experiences.


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