"For the Good of the Children" Racism, Red Tape and the Myth of Family Reunification

Download or read book "For the Good of the Children" Racism, Red Tape and the Myth of Family Reunification written by Dianne Dietrich Lyday and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a narrative of one family's entanglement with the child welfare system. As the title suggests, it was a nightmare of bureaucratic red tape, personal grudges, abuse of power and, most importantly, a powerful example of interpersonal and institutional racism. The manuscript chronicles the day-to-day, mind-boggling decisions of child welfare authorities and agents, the rules that only make sense on a legislator's legal pad, and the contradictions and misrepresentations that drove a relatively privileged family to despair.