Aboriginal Social Work
Baskin says Aboriginal social workers are warriors "even though many of them work in social control agencies that tokenize their cultures." How can non-Aboriginal social workers become "warriors" (allies) in the processes of decolonizing social work practices?
One does not have to be an Aboriginal social worker to understand the damaging impact of colonization and colonialism on Aborigines. In fact, any person who looks beyond the European-written history and examines the true history of Canada can easily understand the academic impact of colonization on Aboriginal populations, even if one does not have personal experience with that impact. It is important to keep in mind that one does not have to experience a personal impact of a negative event in order to be able to help others cope with the impact of that negative impact. Every day, social workers are called upon to help people deal with various social issues like addiction, domestic violence, drug abuse; and the social workers do not need to have personal experience with those issues in order to help someone deal with them. Therefore, the first thing that a non-Aboriginal social worker needs to is recognize that (s)he can be a warrior in decolonizing social work practices, even if (s)he has not personally been victimized by colonization.
The second thing that such a social worker must do is always be cognizant of the impact of colonization on social work practices. The reality...
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