By Madison Hunt and Michael Fitzgerald, The Imprint, October 17, 2022
Scholar Angela Davis, an iconic activist for the abolition of prisons, shared her decades of experience on Monday with leaders of the “Family Defense Movement” — a small-but-growing community of advocates opposed to the very foundations of the child welfare system.
During a virtual live-streamed conference, Davis told New York City activist Joyce McMillan she sees parallels between the U.S. prison system and the system responsible for investigating child abuse and neglect allegations and overseeing children placed in foster care: A system that disproportionately affects Black families.
“It’s clear that slavery has not been abolished in the 21st century — we’re still attempting to do the work of getting rid of the ways in which racism has infiltrated all of the major institutions in the society,” Davis said. What’s needed, she added, are new institutions that no longer rely on “carceral logic.”
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