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“African American youth and families are negatively characterized or labeled by workers in the child welfare system… these labels… ultimately negatively affect the course of their case… the majority of the youth whose behavior was criminalized were African American."

Race Equity Review: Findings from a Qualitative Analysis of Racial Disproportionality and Disparity for African American Children and Families in Michigan’s Child Welfare System Race Equity Review: Findings from a Qualitative Analysis of Racial Disproportionality and Disparity for African American Children and Families in Michigan’s Child Welfare System
Race Equity Review: Findings from a Qualitative Analysis of Racial Disproportionality and Disparity for African American Children and Families in Michigan’s Child Welfare System
Center for the Study of Social Policy
Center for the Study of Social Policy
16 January 2019
https://ncwwi.org/files/race-equity-review-michigan.pdf
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