Black social workers face #stress and racial inequities during COVID-19 pandemic. . What is unique for #AfricanAmericans, they say, is that black social workers must also deal with stress fueled by the disproportionate impact COVID-19 is having on their #community. . "We are now at high risk while also being the helpers. We can become our clients so quickly," said Dr. Tanya Smith Brice, a national relations co-chair of the National Association of Black Social Workers.