Abstract: The social work advantage perspective focuses on the discovery of advantageous resources for individuals in need, with the aim of achieving the “Double goal” of life improvement and social justice. However, the current trend of the mainstream social work practice has been criticized for neglecting the power issues inherent in the advantage perspective. These include the internal differentiation of disadvantaged clients, disparities in resource possession, and the superiority of fighting resources. Miriam LO’s concept of “Unrecognized cultural currency (UCC)” provides theoretical resources for the “perspective of resistance reconstruction”, which highlights the survival strategies and even resistance of the disadvantaged as an advantage, this approach expands the resource category of “what is an advantage”. Paying attention to the internal differentiation of disadvantaged groups and the difference in resource possession, it reconstructs the subject ownership of “ advantage”. Legalizing material demands, it further balances the functional orientation of “what advantages for”. This expansion of “unrecognized cultural currency” to advantage perspective provides a way for social work to cultivate the advantage of resistance among vulnerable groups. However, it also requires reflection on theoretical and practical limitations of group diffusion, local adaptation, and application expansion.

Key words: strength perspective, unrecognized cultural currency, daily resistance, superiority of resistance