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This journal entry summarizes the key learnings from an Anti-Oppressive Practice course. Specifically: 1) The concept of privilege challenged the author's initial view and helped them understand privilege is not something taken, but rather accepted or not. 2) The author learned about oppression and how an anti-oppressive framework provides a different perspective than traditional social work. 3) Discussions about oppression, privilege, racism, and indigenous peoples challenged the author's preconceptions and generated questions about biases and becoming a better ally.

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Journal 3

This journal entry summarizes the key learnings from an Anti-Oppressive Practice course. Specifically: 1) The concept of privilege challenged the author's initial view and helped them understand privilege is not something taken, but rather accepted or not. 2) The author learned about oppression and how an anti-oppressive framework provides a different perspective than traditional social work. 3) Discussions about oppression, privilege, racism, and indigenous peoples challenged the author's preconceptions and generated questions about biases and becoming a better ally.

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Journal 3

Kim Marin

Seneca College

SSW 102 Anti-Oppressive Practice

Phillip Jang

December 14, 2021


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Journal 3

1. What ideas, courses, readings, or other experiences have made you think new thoughts or

wonder about new ideas. Did your opinion change? What caused it to change? Provide

examples. (2 marks)

Though this semester felt short and quick, our Anti-Oppressive Practice course has been

the most impactful. It helped me open my mind and challenge my thoughts, ideas, and

biases. The first example would be the concept of "privilege," initially, I would always feel

guilty about what I have and what I get to enjoy. Still, I learned that privilege is not

something I take and, as a result, I have the choice of not accepting it (Jang, 2021a). The

second example is the internalized racism I have for myself and how it can affect how I view

other races.

2. What have you learned in the course? Highlight one things you learned while participating in

this course that were most meaningful for you and why? Please provide examples and

course content to explain your answer. (2 marks)

Oppression was an integral part of my learning in this course. I learned a lot of concepts and

ideas I hadn't heard before, and it forced me to challenge my own wisdom and change it to a

piece of new knowledge. I also learned the importance of talking about the uncomfortable

things, some lessons that were tackled made me relate to them, and some I felt guilty of. It

was a unique experience. I learned that an anti-oppressive framework provides a different

viewpoint than standard social service settlement work for undertaking social service work

(Jang, 2021b).

3. What challenged your preconceptions in taking this course? What piqued your curiosity and

made you want to learn more? What questions were aroused in your mind that would merit

further investigation and exploration? What does this mean for your future practice in the

SSW field? (4 marks)


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Many of my preconceived notions were challenged, especially in terms of oppression,

privilege, ageism, racism, and indigenous people. Becoming an ally definitely piqued my

curiosity and made me want to learn more about being a better co-conspirator. Questions

about my own biases made me reflect and generated a feeling of uneasiness that made me

research and try to understand my own beliefs. Uncovering unconscious prejudice is a

crucial step in forming allies. In this case, we discussed how an SSW practitioner might

behave as an ally to communities in class. We looked at oppression and how oppression

functions at the individual, group, and systemic levels. These are all important for our future

career on SSW-G because of the take on ageism. The ageing fallacies describe the

diversity to counteract ageism among the older adult population.

4. Action Steps List two actions that are reasonable and feasible for you to do t hat will increase

your future work anti-oppressive approach in the field of SSW? (2 marks)

In-Practice Critical Self -Reflection is vital to prevent reproducing repressive social

connections in practice; social workers must be critically reflective. We might start by asking

ourselves, "How does my social location produce positions of privilege?" "and "how can

societal inequalities affect my capacity to satisfy the requirements of this service user

effectively?" "may serve as a starting point for thinking about how our personal biographies

influence and generate power imbalances in our work. Working in cooperation with clients is

prioritized in anti-oppressive practice through collaborative efforts that place the clients as

the driver in their own life.


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References

Jang, P. (2021a). SSW102: Week 1 [PowerPoint slides]. Learn@Seneca.

https://my.senecacollege.ca

Jang, P. (2021b). SSW102: Week 5 [PowerPoint slides]. Learn@Seneca.

https://my.senecacollege.ca

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