To white America, "Family values" only apply to white families.
The bond between white children and white parents is sacrosanct and must be protected at all costs.
The bond between Black and Brown parents and their children is negotiable at BEST.
It has always been this way.
The bond between white children and white parents is sacrosanct and must be protected at all costs.
The bond between Black and Brown parents and their children is negotiable at BEST.
It has always been this way.
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White people have historically separated Black and Brown people from their children with a level of ethical qualm generally reserved for people giving out a litter of kittens.
The side effect of denying the humanity of nonwhite people is that no regard whatsoever has ever been given to the sanctity or importance of those family bonds.
Ripping a wailing Black or Brown child from its mother's arms has always just been business.
Still is.
Ripping a wailing Black or Brown child from its mother's arms has always just been business.
Still is.
The simple fact is that in America, the inherent value of nonwhite families is not considered equal, or even comparable to the value of white families.
"They're not REAL families, so the things that would damage my white family are irrelevant here"
"They're not REAL families, so the things that would damage my white family are irrelevant here"
White America sees Black and Brown families as inherently broken and dysfunctional.
If a thing is already broken and dysfunctional, how could anyone be faulted for harming it?
It is already a thing deserving no protection.
If a thing is already broken and dysfunctional, how could anyone be faulted for harming it?
It is already a thing deserving no protection.
White America sees Black and Brown families as disposable.
This fact underpins American policy on:
Housing
Education
Indigenous rights
Poverty
Immigration
Foreign policy
Healthcare
Criminal Justice
Drugs
Child services
This fact underpins American policy on:
Housing
Education
Indigenous rights
Poverty
Immigration
Foreign policy
Healthcare
Criminal Justice
Drugs
Child services
It is because nonwhite families are seen as disposable that white America can rest unconcerned about the unspeakable trauma its actions and policies inflict upon them
And why it can not even care to know it's happening.
And why it can not even care to know it's happening.
Myths about how Black men don't care about their children and how Black women are unfit parents
How lazy immigrant parents just use their kids as anchors or don't really care what happens to them.
They're all justifications for treating these family bonds as junk.
How lazy immigrant parents just use their kids as anchors or don't really care what happens to them.
They're all justifications for treating these family bonds as junk.
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