Description: Title: Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World Author: Roberts, Dorothy Publisher: Basic Books Binding: Hardcover Pages: 384 Dimensions: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.50d Product Weight: 1.25 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9781541675445 An award-winning scholar exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and calls for radical change 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. Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer {{Overnight Shipping Available (10:30am CST Cutoff Time)}}
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Book Title: Torn Apart : How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Item Height: 1.5 in
Publication Year: 2022
Topic: Discrimination & Race Relations, Sociology / General, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Social Science
Item Weight: 20.7 Oz
Author: Dorothy Roberts
Item Length: 9.6 in
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
