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FatCamera/Getty Images By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated October 25, 2023
We have long known that racism and discrimination are deeply entrenched within the American child welfare system.
The research is clear—according to a 2021 study published in the American Journal of Public Health, Black children had higher Child Protective Services (CPS) encounters than that of other children, and are more than twice as likely than white children to be
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