The Look of Love

Civil Rights Panel Highlights Widespread Discrimination Against Black Families in New York’s Child Welfare System

The Look of Love Niya ParksComment

"A prominent civil rights committee has released a first-of-its-kind report describing persistent discriminatory treatment of Black families in New York state’s child welfare system. It calls for the president and Congress to recognize “a new paradigm of child welfare,” one that emphasizes family preservation over “reporting, investigating, surveillance, and family separation.”

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The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in Washington, D.C. oversees a panel of New York volunteers that released a report decrying longstanding racial inequities in the state’s child welfare system. Photo from the official website.