Solomon, Barbara Bryant
Black empowerment social work in oppressed communities - Columbia University Press 1976
Social work with African Americans.
362.84 SOL
Black empowerment social work in oppressed communities - Columbia University Press 1976
CONTENTS
Introduction 1
PART 1: DEFINING EMPOWERMENT 9
Empowerment: in search of the elusive paradigm 11
PART 2: PHILOSOPHICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
FOUNDATIONS OF EMPOWERMENT 31
Black communities: myth or reality? 33
The helping professions in black communities:
the sociohistorical perspective 71
The mystique of science-based practice 104
PART 3: POWER BLOCKS IN NEGATIVE IMAGES OF BLACK 137
In gentic fiction 139
In black families 168
In eer groups 195
In schools 227
In organizations 249
PART 4: STRATEGIES OF EMPOWERMENT 297
Characterstics of the nonracist practitioner 299
11. Engaging black client systems 314
Empowerment and the role of the practitioner 342
Designing service delivery systems 355
Social work with African Americans.
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