The Political Is Personal

Abstract

Pewewardy articulates how white privilege perpetuates racial oppression and discusses why centering the political is a critical imperative for white social services practitioners who are committed to a counter-hegemonic praxis that promotes social justice. This article also suggests that white practitioners would be more likely to expose and challenge the white privilege that negatively affects their clients' lives (i.e., negatively affects lives of people of color and white people) if they were motivated by the political instead of the personal.

Key Words:

• Feminist family therapy training
• cultural sensitivity
• post-colonialism
• social justice
• challenging white privilege