DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE

Catalog description

Course aimed at exploring human diversity from a context of race, ethnicity, culture, social class, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, and nationality. The origins, dynamics, impact, and problems of the diverse populations in Puerto Rico will be examined, emphasizing the forms of institutionalized oppression and discrimination that they face in contemporary society. It will be evaluated how these systems of oppression are perpetuated in society, the ideology of domination and subordination and the role of the social work professional challenging t hese situations of oppression. It integrates the ethical aspects of the social work professional in the provision of services aimed at vulnerable populations.