Gray Clouds Over Ivory Towers

Black, first-generation doctoral students can be classified as those who belong to the African diaspora and come from families with parents do not have bachelor’s degrees. Data shows that over half of Black degree recipients, across all fields, status, literature has shown these experience several challenges during their journey peers not. This paper details six for research in social work programs. These result educational disparities disfavoring students, and, such, workers are compelled by our Code Ethics against forms injustice. conceptual discussion uses Critical Race Theory Social Capital explain continued existence challenges, followed recommendations educators, academic institutions, organizations use improve conditions country. If educators take this critical issue, its associated proposed seriously, they begin create safe actively anti-racist anti-classist environments conducive success student population.