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58.4% of Social workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation.

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Social workers are most often employed by the Individual & family services industry. The average yearly wage for Social workers was $46,285 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Social workers by wage are Eligibility interviewers, government programs, Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists, and Maintenance & repair workers, general.

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It is critical that social workers are aware of the systematic erasure of black, indigenous, people of color from the history of the social work profession because this erasure of BIPOC contributions disenfranchises social workers of color and further marginalizes clients of color in the present day. This marginalization occurs by teaching social works of color that they have truly have nothing to offer that has not already been done by their white peers while also framing clients of color as "receivers" of the good intentions of white social workers .

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Dubois was born during the same time period as Jane Addams and Mary Ellen Richmond. He was tireless in his activism to promote the well-being and empowerment of people of color and petitioned for concrete structural change. He also faced much more dangerous opposition to his calls for reform that Jane Addams and Mary Ellen Richmond. During his time of activism, he was operating under legal lynching practices and other deadly legalized institutional racism. So why isn't he credited with his contributions to the field of social work? He was not awarded for his activism like Jane Addams and Mary Ellen Richmond. He did not receive a Nobel Peace Prize like they did.

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Assistant Professor Leigh-Anne Francis, Smith College (she/her)

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A Historical Perspective of Social Work and Race

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Data taken directly from a report to the CSWE

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Data taken directly from a report to the CSWE

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Salsberg, E., Quigley, L., Mehfoud, N., Acquaviva, K., Wyche, K., & Sliwa, S. (2017, October). Profile of the Social Work Workforce. Council on Social Work Education. Retrieved October 22, 2021, from https://www.cswe.org/Centers-Initiatives/Initiatives/National-Workforce-Initiative/SW-Workforce-Book-FINAL-11-08-2017.aspx.

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While it can be uncomfortable to address racism in the field of social work, it is critical that social workers adopt an anti-racist agenda in their practice because racism in the field of social work disenfranchises social workers of color and further marginalizes clients of color. Racism in the field of social work disempowers people of color through institutionalized oppressive policies and erases the activism of social workers of color.

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Please click the names you have heard of...

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Please check ALL the names you have heard of or are familiar with. It is not required to know everything about any given person on this list in order to check the box next to their name. If you have heard their name in passing, in class, through social media, on TV, etc., that is sufficient.

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The purpose of this poll is to demonstrate erasure of BIPOC throughout history that were crucial to the development of the social work field. There is a mixture of black and white social worker names. Some are more well-known than others.

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The United States and Europe are credited with establishing social work in the mid to late 1800s

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The United States and Europe are credited with establishing social work in the mid to late 1800s

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This narrative assigns white women as its heroes

(Ex: Jane Addams, Mary Ellen Richmond)

This Eurocentric version of history ignores how SW practices existed in other countries. For example, many communal societies exist all over the world that possess a larger cultural framework that inherently reflects a core social work ideal of caring for the most marginalized through the collective organization of family, village, or town.

Dismisses the importance of indigenous healing movements and traditional African worldviews which has frameworks for how to help a person who is suffering

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Note: the erasure of black women and other women of color from the field of social work

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Note: the erasure of black women and other women of color from the field of social work

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White philanthropists used racist science to racialize poverty and exclude BIPOC from social welfare reforms and movements.  

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White philanthropists used racist science to racialize poverty and exclude BIPOC from social welfare reforms and movements.  

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Despite this exclusion and the fear of facing brutality, many black leaders began to manifest their own vision for a social welfare system.

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BIPOC faced far more danger for their social activism than their white counterparts. 

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BIPOC faced far more danger for their social activism than their white counterparts. 

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The Theft and Appropriation of BIPOC practices

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The Theft and Appropriation of BIPOC practices

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What is considered historical to BIPOC communal practices has been stolen and attributed to white ingenuity. Examples of this include strengths-based theories, treatment courts, and trauma-informed practices. These practices excited in Indigenous practices but were appropriated and decidedly made white.

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The strengths perspective has roots in black scholars

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The strengths perspective has roots in black scholars

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"W.E.B. Dubois contributed to the knowledge and foundation of what is now the strengths perspective. DuBois' work regarding double consciousness speaks to the "strength" of Blacks to adapt and survive in hostile environments"

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We are STILL contending with the white saviorism through the strategic dismal of contributions people of color have historically made to the field of social work.  

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We are STILL contending with the white saviorism through the strategic dismal of contributions people of color have historically made to the field of social work.  

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Without these identities and narratives as apart of our daily repertoire as social workers, people of color are relegated to victims of white supremacy and the good intentions of white social workers. People of color, as social workers, become disempowered without the knowledge of ways in which people color before them paved the way for them to be there. Clients of color face the dangers of white social workers who believe their clients of color are helpless objects to receive white saviorism.

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The continued erasure of women of color in the field of social work poses the danger of alienating social workers of color and clients of color.