When the Welfare People Come': Race and Class in the US Child Protection System,Used

When the Welfare People Come': Race and Class in the US Child Protection System,Used

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Malcolm X, describing his childhood experience of when the welfare people came and introduced him to the US child protection system, called it legal, modern slaveryhowever kindly intentioned. That shocking characterization obscures some of the complexities of the state response to childhood poverty, but it reflects sentiments that are common among communities of color, where child welfare investigations are most concentrated. A radical assessment of institutional racism in the child welfare system is needed now more than ever.In this sweeping look at the history and politics of the US child welfare system, When the Welfare People Come exposes the systemfrom the orphan trains and Indian boarding schools to current practices in child protective investigations, foster care, and mandated servicesarguing that it constitutes a mechanism of control exerted over poor and workingclass parents and children. Don Lash reveals the systems role in the regulation of family life under capitalism and details the deep and continuing consequences of what happens when the welfare people come. Including firstperson vignettes of parents, children, and workers in the US child protection system, Lash also offers practical and cogent ideas for its improvement and transformation.

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