This manuscript outlines the beginning contours of a racial justice and equity framework for school social work. It briefly summarizes prior social work scholarship related to social and racial justice and race, outline forces related to school social work professional practice that likely shape limited explicit attention to conceptions of racial equity and justice in schools. Specifically it suggests attention to (a) school institutional and organizational structure and (b) school social work practice routines to center issues of racial justice and equity in relation to the school social work profession.