Ethnic Minorities, Family Social Work and Cultural Humility: Ideas for Action

This article examines literature regarding family social work, ethnic minorities and family therapy with ethnic minorities. To assess the prevalence of each topic in social work literature, seven major journals were evaluated between 2010 and 2020. This analysis found that there were 2,843 articles published during this timeframe. Of these articles, 78 were focused on family therapy, 428 on ethnic minorities and 11 on family therapy with ethnic minorities. Family therapy and cultural competency are important elements in social work practice. However, the proportion of articles that addressed this subject area does not support the level of importance and commitment the profession of social work has for cultural competency. Several recommendations are made to increase efforts in each topic so as to improve focus and scope to incorporate cultural competence and humility both in social work research and practice with families.