| Project/Area Number |
18530434
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Social welfare and social work studies
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| Research Institution | Fukuoka University of Education |
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Principal Investigator |
NISHIZAKI Midori Fukuoka University of Education, Department of Education, Associate Professor (00325432)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,090,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000)
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| Keywords | African Americans / Social Work / School of Social Work / the United States / History of Social Work |
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| Research Abstract |
This two year research concludes that the African American students in the early twentieth century never experienced official discriminations in the social work education at the major White Colleges. However, the interviews conducted by this researcher and the transcripts of the oral research projects indicate the racially discriminatory practices at the schools of social work continued until the 1960s. The African American social work students had much fewer opportunities in terms of choosing the agencies for their field practices as well as of choosing living quarters than the white counter parts.
Both the Schools of Social Work and the professional social workers in the early twentieth century were more interested in adjusting the immigrants into the American Society, managing the public hygiene and solving the labor problems rather than challenging the widely practiced racial discriminations at that time.
It was the precise reason the African American Communities created the social work courses at the historically Black Colleges. The African American social work students and members of the faculties were able to share the views of the 'real' social problems in the American Society, and together, they sought the solutions for the improvement of the economic and social status of the African American people.
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