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![Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World by Dorothy Roberts](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCRnpTdVFRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--6c790b6a2ab0eada54055100961fbf60a3e240e8/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Torn%20Apart-%20How%20the%20Child%20Welfare%20System%20Destroys%20Black%20Families%E2%80%94and%20How%20Abolition%20Can%20Build%20a%20Safer%20World.jpg)
303 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781541675445
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: Not specified
Description
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 that the child...
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![Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World by Dorothy Roberts](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCRnpTdVFRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--6c790b6a2ab0eada54055100961fbf60a3e240e8/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Torn%20Apart-%20How%20the%20Child%20Welfare%20System%20Destroys%20Black%20Families%E2%80%94and%20How%20Abolition%20Can%20Build%20a%20Safer%20World.jpg)
303 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781541675445
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: Not specified
Description
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 that the child...