Addressing Systemic Anti-Black Racism in Social Work: A Plan of Action

Editorial

“…The emergence of questions like these might be surprising, might call into question … Their emergence together, though, has had the effect of showing how important it is to keep publishing on the struggle against anti-Black racism and the inclusion of Blacks in education. Until now, the Charter has not come up much in academic publications, and although these sources do recognize the importance of the Charter and the promise it holds for the promotion of action against anti-Black racism (Duhaney et al, 2022), most publications criticize its limits or raise questions about its impact. For example, the Charter has been criticized for not dealing with larger and more structural local problems (Cummings & Mohabir, 2022) and for having no Francophone Quebec universities among its signers (Ingabire, 2022).…”