PROBLEM OF RACISM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL WORK

Rad daje prikaz problema rasizma i njegove relevantnosti u kontekstu socijalnog rada. U radu će se ukratko analizirati glavna obilježja rasizma kao društvene konstrukcije i kao dinamične sile koja se mijenja tijekom vremena i pod dubokim je utjecajem političkih, ekonomskih i društvenih snaga. Nakon toga, rad teži locirati njegove različite vrste u strukturama socijalnih institucija i prikazati antirasističku praksu socijalnog rada, kao i uloge socijalnih radnika u redukciji ovoga fenomena. Kako su etnička osjetljivost, osnaživanje i kulturna kompetentnost konstitutivni elementi antirasističkog socijalnog rada − operacionalizacija ovih koncepata analizirana je u nastavku teksta. Na kraju, ostavljen je prostor za otvaranje rasprave o pitanjima poboljšanja kompetentnosti socijalnih radnika kako bi se ovom problemu pristupilo proaktivnije i učinkovitije.The paper presents the problem of racism and its relevance in the context of social work. The aim of the paper is to briefly analyse the main features of racism as a social construct and a dynamic force that evolves over time and is strongly influenced by political, economic and social forces. Further, the paper seeks to locate its various forms within the structures of social institutions and to present the anti-racist practices of social work, as well as the roles social workers perform in reducing this phenomenon. As ethnic sensitivity, empowerment and cultural competence are constituents of anti-racist social work, the operationalisation of these concepts is analysed further in the text. Finally, in order to approach this problem in a more proactive and effective way, room is left for a discussion on how to improve the competences of social workers