Torn Apart
Dorothy RobertsWelcome to 'Torn Apart: Abolishing Family Policing and Reimagining Child Welfare' with Professor Dorothy Roberts. Journey with her as she brings listeners front and center with the broken child welfare system that destroys families and what we need to do to fix it. Hear from families at the center of this travesty as she welcomes guests and narrates this gripping series based on her award-winni... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 5 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Categories | DocumentarySociety & Culture | ||||
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In the final episode of the Torn Apart podcast, Dorothy Roberts makes the case for the abolition of the child welfare system and lays out a vision for the more just and equitable society that could replace it. Roberts discusses why abolition, and not... more
In this episode, Torn Apart reveals the child welfare system’s deep entanglements with the criminal legal system. It exposes how state child protection caseworkers collaborate with police and use a carceral logic to surveil families. It investigate... more
In this episode, Torn Apart shows that the child welfare system was designed from its beginning to oppress marginalized communities. The episode explores how the child welfare system's roots in slavery, settler colonialism, and white supremacy, taki... more
In this episode, Professor Dorothy Roberts opens Torn Apart with a first-hand account from a young Black mother, Vanessa Peoples, who became the subject of a government child welfare investigation when a stranger accused Peoples of neglecting her you... more
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- Tactfully, thoughtfully, and throughly researched
Enjoyed the book and the podcast, highly recommend the authors works. Listened to the podcast the first time accompanied by the book, the second time without the book and the 3rd time with others...I suggest others to draw your own opinions and support the author in the process
Audible5Drew DeGroat
United Statesa year ago - Tugged At the Heart ❤️
I like how the podcast is broken into parts. It is easy to understand and listen to. All of the experiences of the families, abolitionists, lawyers, etc. were well told, informative and compelling. It allows you to understand your Black family may just be a phone call away, a racist away, a bad day away, a unethical, visible, harming, policing institution away from the Family Death Penalty. The statistics are tragically staggering. Over 50% of Black people will be affected by the child welfar... more
Audible5V.P.United States2 years ago
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Apple Podcasts | #204 |  Ukraine/Society & Culture/Documentary |
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