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.

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 Psychosis
Chapter 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 Homelessness
Chapter 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 561
Chapter 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 Practice
Chapter 21 Policy, Practice and Institutional Barriers to FCAB for All Related to Race (Racism) in the U.S.