Fatal Invention
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The Washington Post has run a powerful op-ed by Dorothy Roberts
about the decision the of governor of Texas to direct state agencies to investigate gender-affirming care for trans children as “child abuse.”
Watch Dorothy's TEDMED talk, "The Problem with Race-Based Medicine"
on
TED!
Dorothy Roberts is an award-winning author and expert on the interplay of gender, race, and class in legal issues concerning reproduction, bioethics, and child welfare.
Her latest book, TORN APART: How the child welfare system destroys black families—and how abolition can build a safer world, is available Now at Basic Books
"Dorothy Roberts has brilliantly illuminated the Black experience in America for decades. Her new book on America's punitive child welfare system is a bold and critically important reimagining of how to better protect children. Her thesis on how the legacy of slavery and carceral systems have impacted Black families is rooted in decades of rigorous examination, research, and reflection. This is a compelling, thoughtful, and urgent work." ―Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy
―Angela Y. Davis, author of Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
“Roberts demonstrates how the current [child welfare] system serves as a continuation of the widespread earlier policies that perpetuated Black enslavement and Indigenous displacement. A compassionate guide, Roberts clearly explains the relevant research and includes heartbreaking testimonies from accused parents. Not content to merely criticize, she lays out the elements that must be addressed in any new system: income support, housing, nutrition, education, child care, and health care. A compelling argument.”