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Child welfare field must confront racist roots

from LA Progressive

Child welfare field must confront racist roots LA Progressive In the nearly two months since the police killing of George Floyd launched a global protest movement against systemic racism, the American child welfare system has experienced its own reckoning. In June, parents marched through Manhattan, waving signs charging child welfare authorities with "stealing Black babies." More than 1,700 people tuned in to an online forum comparing the foster care system's treatment of low-income families of color to the government's war on drugs. READ MORE

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