RACISM

Social Work Practice in relation to Racism with Children

Table of Content

Introduction3

Discussion4

Racism4

Causes of Racism4

Instinctive Reaction for Species protection4

Fear of Loss and Displacement5

Ignorance5

Desire to feel Superior, Lack of Love and Feeling of Unworthiness5

Racism and Social Work Practice6

Types of Racism6

Pre-reflective Gut Racism6

Post-reflective Gut Racism7

Cultural Racism7

Institutional Racism7

Paternalistic Racism7

Color-blind Racism8

Causes of Racism in Britain8

Immigrants in Britain9

Theories of Racism10

Psychological theory of racism10

The Immigrant Host Model10

Racism in terms of Oppression11

Personal Level11

Social Level11

Social Work Practice in relation to Racism with Children13

Racism with Children13

Social Work Practice for Children14

Conclusion14

Executive Summary

Racism is the ideology that believes in the existence of a hierarchy between racial groups. Until the late nineteenth century was the notion that mankind was divided into races. Allegedly scientific doctrines established the superiority of people who accumulated greater power of domination and colonization. From mid-twentieth century, these theories were disputed and scholars have concluded that human biology in our human species there are no conditions for subdivision into races by attributes such as skin color or hair texture. On the other hand, discrimination is the act of treating people differently and less favorably from certain personal attributes, such as sex, race, color, ethnic origin, social class, religion, sexual orientation, political opinions, the national extraction, characteristics that are not related to the merits and not with the skills required to perform the work. In an organization setting all employees should be treated equally so that there would be no effect of biasness. In order to lead the organization and to make it a successful one, it is the responsibility of management to create a culture which is free from Racism and discrimination among workers.

Social Work Practice in relation to Racism with Children

Introduction

Racism is one of the most lingering problems in today's world. The minority ethnic groups of the world have to continuously face discrimination, racism and prejudice from the majority ethnic groups who have dominance in the society. This racism affects the people of all ages in the minority ethnic group. This essay focuses on providing a detailed knowledge of what racism is what are its causes, types and the theories related to racism. Furthermore, this essay describes how important is the understanding of racism in order to understand the social work practice for the children. To emphasize the concept of racism, management gurus establishes the concept of “workforce diversity'' as a source of strength, when people from different (Canda & Furman, 2009, pp. 121 - 129).

Discussion

Racism

It is the belief that a specific race is inferior or superior to the other. The moral and social traits in a person are determined by the biological characteristics that he or she has when they were born. It is treating people unfairly due to their social class or membership in a group (Fish 2011, pp 1). Racism leads to hatred by one person to another (archive.adl.org).

Causes of Racism

Racism is mainly caused by the following reasons:

Instinctive Reaction for Species protection

It is very natural for a person to incline towards his own kind in terms of recruiting, and the feeling of a comfort ...