ABSTRACT
Racism is a powerful component of exclusion. Racist concepts and the hate movements founded on them have provided fuel for the mass intimidation of and violence against designated groups of people. Racism was one of the main drivers of the enslavement of Africans and the colonisation of Africa and Asia by European powers over several centuries. It lay behind the destruction of the immense cultural and social achievements by native peoples in the Americas, as well as the genocide of whole peoples in the twentieth century. Although we simply do not have the space to explore its history here, knowing that history is vital to understanding why and in what ways racism is periodically able to rear its head again and again. You can see for
At the end of this chapter, you should be able to:
Identify the various exclusionary effects that racism causes in the UK
Understand the concept of institutional racism and the implications it has for social work practice
Recognise the various ways in which practitioners can combat racism within social work practice, such as anti-bias work with children and young people
See the links between racism and asylum seekers and how practitioners can develop an inclusionary practice.
