White Professionalism and Cultural Competency

After you watch the first 30 minutes of White Professionalism in the Workplace, review the characteristics of White Supremacy in the workplace.
Consider which one of these is currently showing up most saliently in your place of work, or which ones are clearly evident in your organization’s culture, or somewhere that you have worked previously. If you are currently in field placement, consider your field placement.
Next, watch the remainder of White Professionalism in the Workplace, specifically the “Take Action” [35:38] component and the “Questions and Answers” [48:24].
What steps could you take to undo “White Professionalism” and White Supremacy in the workplace?
Where can you start and how?
Post a response of 200 words describing which versions of White Professional (see framework below) are most evident in your workplace and how you can take action to undo these norms. In your response answer the following questions:
What does it mean to you to be a change agent in your organization?
Which versions of White Professional do you experience as most salient?
Are you in a position to confront these issues in your workplace? Why or why not?
Do you have an ethical obligation as a social worker to confront these issues? Why or why not?
How can you take action to undo or confront these norms?
Do you have an action plan that you can implement?
White Professionalism:
Sense of Urgency
Defensiveness
Quantity over Quality – “measuring” in the nonprofit world
Worship of the Written Word – what kind of policies do we need?
Time
Flexibility
Language
Power Hoarding
Right to Comfort