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ABSTRACT
This article explores the importance of history context to the cultural humility of the social work profession. Four graduate student reflections on history context using simplified cultural history method are used to illustrate how important it is to take a critical approach to social work policy and macro practice history. An important element of cultural humility is becoming conscious of social work blind spots on an interpersonal and professional level. Social workers have been involved in institutional practices in the past that are now considered insensitive to cultural difference. The profession has, at times, supported practices of discrimination. Thoughtful history analysis allows social work students and educators to begin to reveal blindness in the past that could help provide insight into current implicit bias and unintentional injustice.
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Heather M. Sloane
Heather Sloane is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toledo.
Kassandra David
Kassandra David is a MSW graduate from the University of Toledo.
Josh Davies
Josh Davies is a MSW graduate from the University of Toledo.
Danielle Stamper
Danielle Stamper is a MSW graduate from the University of Toledo.
Sarah Woodward
Sarah Woodward is a MSW graduate from the University of Toledo.