How the child welfare system destroys Black families—and how abolition can build a safer world: A conversation with Dorothy Roberts

Racial and gender inequities are embedded in U.S. systems and institutions, including the child welfare system. These inequities produce barriers and disadvantages that increase Black women's and girls' risk of coming in contact with law enforcement, courts, and places of confinement. And when we do come into contact, the interactions can be devastating and traumatizing.

In this conversation, NBWJI Executive Director Dr. Sydney McKinney and Dorothy Roberts, professor at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Program on Race, Science and Society, will discuss Roberts's new book, "Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World."