I loved reading this book! I found the writing to be very insightful and interesting. I was intrigued by the premise and I enjoyed reading it from start to finish.

In The Vein Of Michelle Alexander's A New Jim Crowe. This is one where ultimately your opinion of it will be largely based on whether you agree with Ms. Roberts' Critical Race Theory based worldview. Honestly, had I known she was a CRT adherent, I personally would not have picked up this book to begin with - as I've avoided several others by known CRT adherents that otherwise sounded interesting. As with other CRT writers, Ms. Roberts begins with a set theory in mind and ignores any other possible explanations of the issues she examines, which is the overall Theory's critical flaw. All of this noted, *within this frame*, Ms. Roberts actually does a pretty solid job of making her case, and the issues she speaks to even within this frame raise many points that need to be in the overall conversation of reform in America. She even gives lip service at times to the fact that many of these issues are more related to poverty and economic status than race, but even within these remarks she ultimately declares that white people always have it so much easier. Within the realm of CRT and social "science", the scholarship here is pretty standard - nothing overly remarkable either way, good or bad. And even objectively, the bibliography clocks in at around 24%, which is fairly standard for most nonfiction tales and is actually quite good for works where the author bases much of their commentary on their own experiences and interviews they directly conducted. So read the book, whether you agree with CRT or not, because there *is* enough here to justify wading through that particular detritus. And if you *do* agree with CRT, you're likely going to be shouting from the rooftops about how amazing this book is. Recommended.

Dorothy Roberts has done extensive research on the Child Welfare System. The fact that Dorothy Roberts has done for even one year let alone decades of work and this system is still in effect, is the most disappointing and saddening part. Another thing on the list of how terribly the alleged great powerful nation has let down, hurt, torn apart, and the list continues Americans. That there are still people in the U.S. that want to act like slavery didn't happen, like they are true Americans erasing the facts that Native People exists, the fact that the government is just as fault for these blinders on people to still exist is the downfall of whatever greatness the United States portrays. Whenever I get the chance since I have read this book, I am recommending it, I am leaving it in comments and spreading awareness because the Child Welfare System alongside other "agencies" need to be completely abolished, and communities and entities like the ones mentioned in Torn Apart need to come together. The idea is that we need to uplift each other, not continue to tear each other and our families apart. The overhaul that needs to take place, the therapy to help the trauma that needs to happen, is too much. This has gone too far and I need more politicians to read this book, especially those who claim to care about the minority vote and I really need to believe that changes can take place. Shame on the states, Shame on the government, Shame on the history that is not changing. But I thank Torn Apart for the work that was taken, for bringing it all together because this book is exceptional although it's a very tough subject to examine.

This has to be the very worst book that I have ever encountered! Indeed, it is the only book that I could not read to the end. It is that bad. The author writes like a fifth-grader and yet she teaches law at U Penn. Go figure!