Confronting the Trauma of Systemic Racism as Black Social Workers

Last night, I had the amazing opportunity to hear the thoughts and realities of the work and resiliency of black Social workers, who by their own resilience battle systemic sexism.I'm talking intelligent and passionate.

This discussion wades through the facade of being a social worker in such a time as this in such a system as we are given to help others yet help ourselves. I was thrown to hear how the teachers start to brain wash the students even before graduation.

What????

There is a lot of trauma and the bullshit given to someone on the sharp end of personal and institutional racism.I knew that competent and passionate Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) are put through imbalanced responsibilities and were always put in the backend leadership because it happened to me.   

From being given insurmountable tasks to not receiving the support they need to live a balanced life, only to later on eventually burn out.  I want to share their stories so that we all look at what we think we want to do with a little more research and planning so that we don't become the test subject in our own lives.

Hear the Thoughts and truth from black social workers. 

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