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Being white - feeling guilty?

Ng'andu, Bridget (2017) Being white - feeling guilty? In: Bhatti-Sinclair, Kish and Smethurst, Christopher, eds. Diversity, Difference and Dilemmas: analysing concepts and developing skills. First. Social Work Skills in Practice . Open University Press, London, pp. 26-33. ISBN 978-0-335-26182-6. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:78046)

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Abstract

Social work is increasingly delivered in complex situations. key to professional practice is developing a sensitive understanding of the issues of diversity and oppression. The chapter examines the current debates on 'whiteness' and whiteness studies within social work, and explores what being white means for practitioners particularly white practitioners working with Black Minority and Ethnic families.

Item Type: Book section
Institutional Unit: Schools > School of Social Sciences
Former Institutional Unit:
Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Bridget Ng'andu
Date Deposited: 29 Oct 2019 17:00 UTC
Last Modified: 20 May 2025 14:04 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/78046 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Ng'andu, Bridget.

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