Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--And How Abolit

Description: Torn Apart by Dorothy Roberts An award-winning scholar exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and offers a "a brilliant and impassioned call for abolition" (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow) Many believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as Torn Apart uncovers, this system is designed to punish Black families. Drawing on decades of research, legal scholar and sociologist Dorothy Roberts reveals that the child welfare system is better understood as a "family policing system" that collaborates with law enforcement and prisons to oppress Black communities. Child protection investigations ensnare a majority of Black children, putting their families under intense state surveillance and regulation. Black children are disproportionately likely to be torn from their families and placed in foster care, driving many to juvenile detention and imprisonment. The only way to stop the destruction caused by family policing, Torn Apart argues, is to abolish the child welfare system and liberate Black communities. Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Dorothy Robertsisthe GeorgeA. WeissUniversityProfessorofLaw andSociologyat theUniversityof Pennsylvania, where she directsthe Penn Program on Race, Science, andSociety.The author of five books, includingKilling the Black Body, shelives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Review "Roberts buttresses her impassioned call for dismantling the child welfare system by skillfully situating it within a larger web of institutions intended to surveil, control, and punish Black Americans. This illuminating and alarming study shatters the facade of benevolence surrounding foster care."--Publishers Weekly"Robertss work [is] grimly essential as both prophecy and cautionary tale...Its not unusual for an academic to say they want to inspire movements, but to an extent more sweeping and durable than most, Roberts has accomplished that."--Irin Carmon, New York"Mind-blowing...a devastating indictment of the [child welfare] system."--Ibram X. Kendi, Guardian"Torn Apart is a brilliant and impassioned call for abolition of our racist and disastrous systems of family policing. Better than anyone else could, Dorothy Roberts shows convincingly why we must reimagine child welfare and develop new systems for meeting human needs, preventing violence, and caring for children, families, and communities."--Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow"Compassionate, clear, and compelling."--Kirkus"Dorothy Roberts has brilliantly illuminated the Black experience in America for decades. Her new book on Americas punitive child welfare system is a bold and critically important reimagining of how to better protect children. Her thesis on how the legacy of slavery and carceral systems have impacted Black families is rooted in decades of rigorous examination, research, and reflection. This is a compelling, thoughtful, and urgent work."--Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy"Once again Dorothy Roberts offers us a bold, visionary critique of the contemporary institutional consequences of colonialism and slavery. Her penetrating analysis of the family policing system and its masquerade as child protective services not only persuades us that reforms alone will forever reinforce the systems racist and repressive foundations, it also compels us to imagine new modes of care and frameworks for abolitionist futures." --Angela Y. Davis, author of Freedom Is a Constant Struggle"This compelling narrative delivers data rich analysis that reflects decades of research, observation, and advocacy for Black children and mothers. It exposes the ugly demographics and politics of Americas destructive family policing child welfare system...Necessary reading."--Library Journal Details ISBN1541675460 Author Dorothy Roberts Publisher Basic Books Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781541675469 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-10-03 Imprint Basic Books Subtitle How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2023-10-03 NZ Release Date 2023-10-03 US Release Date 2023-10-03 UK Release Date 2023-10-03 Pages 384 DEWEY 362.70973 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:145252259;

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