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For women of colour in social work : black feminist self-care practice based on Audre Lorde’s radical pioneering principles

Nayak, S

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Abstract

This article offers women of colour in social work a black feminist self-care practice based on three principles from Audre Lorde’s work. The colonial situation of social work inevitably marginalises black feminist thinking and methods. In the context of chronic racist denigration, generic social work models of recovery, reparation and resilience equate to complicity with intersectional racism. Social work values and ethics alone are not enough. A material shift in power relations is required. Black feminist self-care practice responds to the physical, material and emotional impacts of silence, exhaustion and vilification of feeling that women of colour encounter in their living. In a call for women of colour in social work to gather together for mutual sharing of experience, this article affirms the power of collective dialogues as the primary strategy of black feminist self-care practice.

Citation

Nayak, S. (2020). For women of colour in social work : black feminist self-care practice based on Audre Lorde’s radical pioneering principles. Critical and Radical Social Work, 8(3), 405-421. https://doi.org/10.1332/204986020x15945755847234

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 12, 2020
Online Publication Date Jul 30, 2020
Publication Date Nov 1, 2020
Deposit Date Oct 13, 2020
Journal Critical and Radical Social Work
Print ISSN 2049-8608
Electronic ISSN 2049-8675
Publisher Policy Press
Volume 8
Issue 3
Pages 405-421
DOI https://doi.org/10.1332/204986020x15945755847234
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1332/204986020x15945755847234
Related Public URLs http://policypress.co.uk/journals/critical-and-radical-social-work
Additional Information Additional Information : ** From Crossref via Jisc Publications Router **Journal IDs: pissn 2049-8608 **History: published 2020