Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World by Dorothy Roberts

Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World

Dorothy Roberts

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

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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 Bl...

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