Frank H D
Ment Health Soc. 1977;4(3-4):198-211.
This paper examines problems which arise between immigrants and social workers: conflicts and misunderstandings related to lack of awareness of each other's cultural patterns; racial prejudice, particularly expressed towards 'coloured' clients by white social workers. It is suggested that these problems reflect a more fundamental problem in social work: the gulf in communication and understanding between middle class social workers and working class clients. The currently held argument is examined that it is best to use 'immigrant' soical workers to look after immigrant clients, and the more radical position that casework with immigrants does more harm than good. The paper then describes a practical innovation in social work education for training social workers to function more effectively within a multi-cultural society. A review of relevant studies and discussions is also presented.
因对彼此文化模式缺乏了解而产生的冲突和误解；种族偏见，尤其是白人社会工作者对“有色人种”客户表现出的偏见。有人认为，这些问题反映了社会工作中一个更根本的问题：中产阶级社会工作者与工人阶级客户之间在沟通和理解上的鸿沟。本文审视了当前的一种观点，即最好由“移民”社会工作者来照顾移民客户，以及一种更为激进的观点，即对移民进行个案工作弊大于利。接着，本文描述了社会工作教育中的一项实际创新举措，旨在培养社会工作者在多元文化社会中更有效地发挥作用。同时还对相关研究和讨论进行了综述。
