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
Recommended Citation
Abigail Mitchell,
Legally Sanctioned Takings of Black Children: How Slavery Reverberates in the Modern Child Welfare System,
26
The Scholar
141
(2024).
Available at:
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/thescholar/vol26/iss2/1
Volume Number
26
Issue Number
2
Publisher
St. Mary's University School of Law
Editor
Caitlyn Collins
ISSN
1537-405X
Included in
Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, Family Law Commons, Human Rights Law Commons, Juvenile Law Commons, Law and Race Commons, Law and Society Commons
