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020 _a9781541675445
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100 _aRoberts, Dorothy
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245 _aTorn apart: How the child welfare system destroys black families-and how abolition can build a safer world
260 _aNew York
_bBasic books
_c2022
300 _a375 p.
_bIncludes bibliographical reference and index
520 _aMany 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.
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