#AbolishSocialWork and return it to the people. Black and indigenous women have always been unpaid social workers, gatekeept by "professionals." The goal of every social worker should be to work themselves out of a job.
Thisnmeans hiring black women. Or white profs switching their field of interest just like the optimistic black scholars who shift cus they need to understand the conditions that make the miserable ie. Racism.
seeing a lot of tweets about how cops should be replaced by social workers. but social workers are also part of policing, whether it's in foster care, public schools, mental health institutions, or prisons. to abolish policing means to also abolish the medical industrial complex
".. the misnamed โchild welfareโ system, like the misnamed โcriminal justiceโ system, is designed to regulate and punish black and other marginalized people. It could be more accurately referred to as the โfamily regulation system.โ
https://t.co/VJlzD3uMjS
Choose a number.
Multiply โ 9.
Add the two digits.
What's ths result?
Why, 9 of course.
You only have the illusion of choice in racist systems. Outcomes are predetermined.
#AbolishSocialWork
#AbolishSocialWork and return it to the people. Black and indigenous women have always been unpaid social workers, gatekeept by "professionals." The goal of every social worker should be to work themselves out of a job.
#AbolishSocialWork If you don't believe that the funds could be better spent by reallocating to communities, there's probably something nefarious motivating your practice.