{"product_id":"book-f4fb","title":"Torn Apart","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning scholar and author of \u003ci\u003eKilling the Black Body\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A brilliant and impassioned call for abolition.” —Michelle Alexander, author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Many believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as \u003ci\u003eTorn Apart \u003c\/i\u003euncovers, this system is designed to punish Black families. Drawing on decades of research, legal scholar and sociologist Dorothy Roberts reveals that the child welfare system is better understood as a “family policing system” that collaborates with law enforcement and prisons to oppress Black communities. Child protection investigations ensnare a majority of Black children, putting their families under intense state surveillance and regulation. Black children are disproportionately likely to be torn from their families and placed in foster care, driving many to juvenile detention and imprisonment. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The only way to stop the destruction caused by family policing, \u003ci\u003eTorn Apart \u003c\/i\u003eargues, is to abolish the child welfare system and liberate Black communities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Prize for Current Interest\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348738875696,"sku":"BDf4fb","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/f4fb-Square-cover.jpg?v=1771720786","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-f4fb","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}