Shattered bonds : the color of child welfare

Shattered bonds : the color of child welfare / Dorothy Roberts.

"The first book in 30 years to consider the devastating social consequences of the overwhelming numbers of black children in the child-welfare system." "The story of foster care in the United States is the story of the failure of the social safety net to aid poor, largely black, paren...

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Main Author: Roberts, Dorothy E., 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, ©2002.
Subjects:
Child welfare > United States.
Racism in social services > United States.
Social work with African American children.
African American families > Government policy.
Foster children > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
African American families > Government policy
Child welfare
Foster children
Racism in social services
Social work with African American children
Kind
Kinderfürsorge
Rassendiskriminierung
Sozialarbeit
United States
Schwärze
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Facing the racial reality of child welfare
  • pt. 1: Destroying Black families in the name of child protection. The color of America's child welfare system. The system's inferior treatment of Black children. Tracing the disparity to Black child poverty. Is racism the cause? The system's fundamental flaw. A racist institution?
  • pt. 2: The new politics of child welfare. The assault on family preservation. Why family preservation fails. Is adoption the answer? Welfare reform: Ending aid to poor children. Locking up parents and children
  • pt. 3: The system's racial harm. Protection of family rights. A Theory of group-based harm. Conclusion: Child welfare and social justice.

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