A century of child-saving: Marisa Castuera traces the child protection movement to a time when child abuse was seen as a depravity of the immigrant poor. (Child Welfare).

From: Colorlines Magazine | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: Castuera, Marisa | Copyright information

For the past 130 years, the system of child welfare has been locked in a steady conflict with people of color and the poor. State-run child protection service (CPS) agencies wield tremendous power: They can intervene in a family's life on a number of levels, and they have the legal right to remove children from their home and place them in state's custody. This legal right is quite controversial because state caseworkers are far more likely to judge African American, Native America...

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