Authoritarian populism that fosters deep hate of ‘Others’ and a desire for obedience and order, has attacked the fundamental principles of social work and democracy. During the global health crisis, another global pandemic – xeno or racism – is evoked to corroborate authoritarian populism. We critically analyze the dynamics of populism that shift the focus from ‘people’ to ‘problems’ and how it has been intensified during COVID-19. Using narrative justice as a guiding framework, we invite social workers to critically reflect on how this politics has impacted marginalized populations and injuries done to democracy and how social workers can contribute constructing social justice narratives.

威权主义的民粹主义激起了对“其他人”的仇恨和对服从与秩序的渴望，它抨击了社会工作和民主的基本原则。在全球卫生危机期间，又引发了另一场全球流行病-异种或种族主义，以证实专制民粹主义。我们批判性地分析了民粹主义的动态，这种动态将关注点从“人”转移到“问题”，以及在COVID-19期间如何加强关注。我们以叙事正义为指导框架，邀请社会工作者对这一政治如何影响边缘化的人口和对民主的伤害以及社会工作者如何为建构社会正义叙事做出贡献进行批判性思考。