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The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

Abstract

This article explores the link between the taking of Black children from their families perpetrated as part of American slavery and modern takings in the modern family policing system. This article posits that underpinning both systems is a pervasive paternalism that purports to be benevolent but has been weaponized to systematically traumatize Black children and villainize Black parents. This article takes a sweeping historical perspective and connects the same discourse used to justify slavery to that which has permeated the modern family policing system.

Last Page

165

First Page

141

Date Created

June 10, 2024

Journal Title

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

Volume Number

26

Issue Number

2

Publisher

St. Mary's University School of Law

Editor

Caitlyn Collins

ISSN

1537-405X

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