Shattered Bonds
The Color Of Child Welfare
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | Dorothy Roberts | ISBN: | 9780786730643 |
| Publisher: | Basic Books | Publication: | February 23, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Civitas Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Dorothy Roberts |
| ISBN: | 9780786730643 |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Publication: | February 23, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Civitas Books |
| Language: | English |
Shattered Bonds is a stirring account of a worsening American social crisis--the disproportionate representation of black children in the U.S. foster care system and its effects on black communities and the country as a whole. Tying the origins and impact of this disparity to racial injustice, Dorothy Roberts contends that child-welfare policy reflects a political choice to address startling rates of black child poverty by punishing parents instead of tackling poverty's societal roots. Using conversations with mothers battling the Chicago child-welfare system for custody of their children, along with national data, Roberts levels a powerful indictment of racial disparities in foster care and tells a moving story of the women and children who earn our respect in their fight to keep their families intact.
Shattered Bonds is a stirring account of a worsening American social crisis--the disproportionate representation of black children in the U.S. foster care system and its effects on black communities and the country as a whole. Tying the origins and impact of this disparity to racial injustice, Dorothy Roberts contends that child-welfare policy reflects a political choice to address startling rates of black child poverty by punishing parents instead of tackling poverty's societal roots. Using conversations with mothers battling the Chicago child-welfare system for custody of their children, along with national data, Roberts levels a powerful indictment of racial disparities in foster care and tells a moving story of the women and children who earn our respect in their fight to keep their families intact.
