Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition by Dettlaff, Alan J.
Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition by Dettlaff, Alan J.

Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition

In Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System, Alan J. Dettlaff presents a call...
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Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition by Dettlaff, Alan J.

Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition

CHF 72.38
Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition by Dettlaff, Alan J.

Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition

CHF 72.38
Author: Alan J. Dettlaff
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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In Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System, Alan J. Dettlaff presents a call to abolish the American child welfare system due to the harm and destruction it causes Black families. Dettlaff traces the origins of the modern child welfare system, which emerged following the abolition of slavery, to demonstrate that the harm and oppression that result from child welfare intervention are not the result of "unintended consequences" but rather are the clear intents of the system and the foreseeable results of the policies that have been put in place over decades.

By tracing the history of family separations in the United States since the era of slavery, Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System demonstrates that the intended outcomes of those separations--the subjugation of Black Americans and the maintenance of white supremacy--are the same intended outcomes of the family separations done today. What distinguishes contemporary family separations from those that occurred during slavery is that today's separations occur under a facade of benevolence, a myth that has been perpetuated over decades that family separations are necessary to "save" the most vulnerable children.

Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System presents evidence of the vast harms that result from family separations to make a case that the child welfare system is beyond reform. Rather, the only solution to ending these harms is complete abolition of this system and a fundamental reimagining of the way society cares for children, families, and communities.

Author: Alan J. Dettlaff
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 08/11/2023
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.45w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780197675267


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About the Author
Alan J. Dettlaff, PhD, is professor and former dean of the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Dettlaff began his career in the child welfare system, where he worked as a caseworker and administrator. Today his work focuses on ending the harm that results from this system. In 2020, he helped to create and launch the upEND movement, a collaborative effort dedicated to abolishing the child welfare system and building alternatives that focus on healing and liberation. He is also cofounding editor of Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to developing and disseminating an abolitionist praxis in social work.
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