WOMS 136 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Foster Care, White Supremacy, Racialization
16 Apr 2019
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Introduction: most biases unintentional internalized codes and cues that allow racialization process to continue, beliefs of white supremacy and black inferiority. Statement of the problem: native american children overrepresented in jurisdictions in which they reside, hispanic children overrepresented in 10+ states, this is rising, blacks and natives represent two times their proportions in the census population. Intervention services delayed until black families" problems seen as chronic fail to address poverty, ill health, inadequate housing, unsafe neighborhoods: suffer worse outcomes in physical and mental health, educational performance, access to basic services. Stereotypes promote assumptions of black maternal unfitness: black people are stereotypes as being problematic, predisposed to criminality, laziness, and immorality, popular mythology portraying black women as unfit for motherhood, welfare queen stereotype. Juvenile justice: perception of the attitudes of youth can influence decisions related to youth detention. Three factors that mask bias in major social institutions: colorblindness, stereotyping, and.
