When racism, poverty, power and prestige collide in social work education and practice: a case study of a working class, Mixed-race female student studying at a prestigious White university in South Africa and employed in England as a social worker.
The words, 'Sorry, you're not Black enough' painfully alerted me to the domineering presence of institutional racism at the University of Cape Town (UCT), a prestigious university which customarily reserved access for White, affluent and international students. Positioned at the intersections of rac...
| Publicado en: | Social Work Education Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 353 - 371 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2023
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