Diversity, Oppression, & Change: Culturally Grounded Social Work

by Flavio Francisco Marsiglia, Stephen S. Kulis, Stephanie Lechuga-Peña

Diversity, Oppression, and Change, Third Edition provides a culturally grounded approach to practice, policy, and research in social work and allied fields. The book's intersectionality perspective provides a lens through which students can identify connections between identities based on race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, social class, religion, and ability status. Through theoretical and empirical content as well as "Notes from the Field," students become familiar with the culturally grounded perspective and culturally appropriate ways of engaging with diverse communities. Marsiglia, Kulis, and Lechuga-Pe�a have crafted a book about hope and resiliency, the miraculous ability of individuals and communities to bounce back from oppressive experiences and historical trauma, and the role of social workers as allies in that journey.

413 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 6, 2021

Reviews

[Hallie Hughes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only 4 stars cause it was a class textbook 💀 but it did help me a lot with what I was learning and taught me a lot of good life lessons!

[Stephanie Ash · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book uses outdated and offensive language for disabled people and insists on person-first language which is not supported by all disability communities. As a disabled person, hearing my classmates use the terms “differently abled” and “ability status” left me cringing and feeling like disabled people were being further marginalized through lack of acknowledgment. Words matter and this text desperately needs an update on this aspect.