’No Matter What I Do, I’m Not in Control’: What Happens When the State Takes Your Child

Kelley Fong - The Guardian

Each year, over 250,000 US children like Anthony enter foster care.

This forcible family separation – among the most extreme and intrusive government actions – occurs much more often than many realize, particularly among Black and Native American families.

A staggering one in eleven Black children and one in nine Native American children will be placed in foster care by the age of 18.