Social Work Practice with Historically Excluded Groups

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This course will address how to work with diverse and marginalized populations (e.g., in terms of race, ethnicity, culture, religion, age, gender, sex, sexual orientation, social and economic status, political ideology, disability) from an anti-oppressive framework. An anti-oppressive framework examines systems of oppression resulting in individual and group discrimination as well as structural and systemic inequality. Students will contend with how to address structural power dynamics for diverse and marginalized individuals, families, and communities.