Conservative columnist George Will is, once again, angry about discrimination against rich, white, straight men and their followers. George Will thinks conservatives should be social workers.
But poor George Will is aghast to discover that to earn a degree in social work one must be concerned with things like, um, social justice and oppression.
Horrors! Ideological orthodoxy! Liberal conspiracy run amok!
Pity poor George Will because he only just discovered that there is actually a profession in this conservative man's world concerned with the rights of disadvantaged and vulnerable populations such as the poor, immigrants, gays, women, and racial and ethnic minorities. Who freakin' knew?
Here’s a clue George: If Social Work was a conservative profession, it would be called Money Work.
And if Social Work was a conservative profession, it would NOT be a predominantly female occupation, and so it would NOT be cursed with low pay. If Social Work was a conservative profession, feminist, lesbian and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams would most certainly NOT be heralded as the Mother of Social Work.
Code of Coercion, by George Will -- or-- Why Does Social Work Discriminate Against Straight White Rich Men and their Followers?
In 1997, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) adopted a surreptitious political agenda in the form of a new code of ethics, enjoining social workers to advocate for social justice "from local to global levels." A widely used textbook -- "Direct Social Work Practice: Theory and Skill" -- declares that promoting "social and economic justice" is especially imperative as a response to "the conservative trends of the past three decades." Clearly, in the social work profession's catechism, whatever social and economic justice are, they are the opposite of conservatism. . .
Schools' mission statements, student manuals and course descriptions are clotted with the vocabulary of "progressive" cant -- "diversity," "inclusion," "classism," "ethnocentrism," "racism," "sexism," "heterosexism," "ageism," "white privilege," "ableism," "contextualizes subjects," "cultural imperialism," "social identities and positionalities," "biopsychosocial" problems, "a just share of society's resources," and on and on. What goes on under the cover of this miasma of jargon? Just what the American Association of University Professors warned against in its 1915 "Declaration of Principles" -- teachers "indoctrinating" students. . .
Because there might as well be signs on the doors of many schools of social work proclaiming "conservatives need not apply," two questions arise: Why are such schools of indoctrination permitted in institutions of higher education? And why are people of all political persuasions taxed to finance this propaganda?
Photo: Mother of Social work, feminist and lesbian Jane Addams on the right.
Rightwing bloggers who yearn to be social workers:
So Much For Diversity
Coercive liberalism in "Social Work Education" or "the evils of liberalism"
Social Work: No Conservatives, Only Progressives Please
Update -- See: Lawyers, Guns and Money: The Long March Through the Institutions Continues! [via memeorandum]
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