INSW 200 Assignment Discussion Board Question - Week 8

ANTI-RACIST AND ANTI-OPPRESSIVE APPROACH
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ANTI-RACIST AND ANTI-OPPRESSIVE APPROACH
Every individual is entitled to the right of social justice. However, racism and oppression undermine the well-being of indigenous people. Systemic and institutional oppression leads to racism. The white people are not affected by racism since the socio-political infrastructure favors them. Social work incorporates anti-racist phenomenon to liberate the oppressed from social injustices.
Anti-racist social work theory along with other theories combines theory and practice to produce knowledge, interpret and transform the world. There exist unequal social relations between the oppressed and the oppressors. Racism distorts human relations between individuals making those involved poorer. Social workers fi...