To Leave Racist Roots Behind, Child Welfare Needs a Great Reimagining [chronicleofsocialchange.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 7/13/204:00 AM

By Charity Chandler-Cole, The Chronicle of Social Change, July 1, 2020

The plight of Black children in the child welfare system is one plagued with failure after failure from those who have been put in place to protect them.

As activist, sociologist and historian, W.E.B. DuBois, so accurately stated, “A system cannot fail those it was never designed to protect.”

Our foster care system was not designed to protect our Black children, but rather mirrors the oppression, discrimination and harassment Black people experience in this country daily. Our foster care system unfortunately reflects the history of slavery and the deterioration of the family.

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