People conceptualize their racial/ethnic identities and respond to inequalities in a variety of ways. Social workers must never make assumptions about a client based on experiences with other clients of the same group. Each has their own story—their own thoughts, reactions, and coping mechanisms. So… how do you access that story? How do you gather […]

The election of the first Black president in 2008 and the first Black and South Asian vice president in 2020 may have appeared to some that the United States was a nation beyond race. But these events sit alongside many others that paint an entirely different picture: the killings of unarmed Black men; waves of […]

While there are policies intended to address the social problem of poverty, the definition of poverty itself is dictated by policy (i.e., the poverty rate as defined by the federal government). As a practicing social worker, you may say that number is “just a number” and not reflective of the true, real costs of poverty. […]

Select the Correct Word in the Following Sentences, or Rewrite the Sentences to Eliminate Vague Wording or Improve Word Connotation 1. Selecting an incorrect word will affect/effect your communications. 2. Fewer/Less writers draft projects in longhand then/than use word processors to compose their projects. 3. Lisa decided to forgo/forego attending the event. 4. Mr. Reynolds […]

For this Weekly Wrap-Up, think about the topics that were discussed this week, and then list and explain 5 new things you learned that are directly related to these concepts. Include things that stood out to you or surprised you. Has your opinion about one of the topics changed as a result of what you […]