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

by Dorothy Roberts

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1541675460

ISBN13:9781541675469

Release Date:October 2023

Publisher:Basic Books

Length:384 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.4" x 8.2"

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Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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