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Dorothy Roberts Books

    Dorothy Roberts is a leading scholar and social justice advocate whose work dissects the intersections of law, race, gender, and inequality. With an unwavering focus on social justice, she examines how institutions and societal structures impact marginalized communities. Her influential writings expose deeply entrenched biases in critical areas, from reproductive rights and child welfare to scientific innovation. Roberts urges readers to critically assess modern science and politics as they reshape our understanding of race and reproduction.

    Killing The Black Body
    Torn Apart

    • Torn Apart

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading
      4.4(3)Add rating

      An award-winning scholar exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and offers a "a brilliant and impassioned call for abolition" (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow) Many believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as Torn Apart uncovers, 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. The only way to stop the destruction caused by family policing, Torn Apart argues, is to abolish the child welfare system and liberate Black communities.

      Torn Apart