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Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow, a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed investigation of the child welfare system—from foster care to incarceration—that exposes the deep-rooted biases shaping the system, witnessed through the lives of several Black families.
Dr. Jessica Pryce knows the child welfare system firsthand and, in this long overdue book, breaks it down from the inside out, sharing her professional journey and offering the crucial perspectives of caseworkers and Black women impacted by the system. It is a groundbreaking and eye-opening confrontation of the inherent and systemic racism deeply entrenched within the child welfare system.
Pryce started her social work career with an internship where she was committed to helping keep children safe. In the book, she walks alongside her close friends and even her family as they navigate the system, while sharing her own reckoning with the requirements of her job and her role in the systemic harm. Through poignant narratives and introspection, readers witness the harrowing effects of a well-intentioned workforce that has lost its way, demonstrating how separations are often not in a child’s best interests.
With a renewed commitment to strengthening families in her role as activist, Pryce invites the child welfare workforce to embark on a journey of self-reflection and radical growth. At once a framework for transforming child protective services and an intimate, stunning first-hand account of the system as it currently operates, Broken takes everyday scenarios as its focus rather than extreme child welfare cases, challenging readers to critically examine their own mindsets and biases in order to reimagine how we help families in need.
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“Through powerful everyday stories she shows the fault lines within child protective services and grounds us in new ways to think about and fix this beleaguered system.”
— Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times bestselling author
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About Jessica Pryce
Dr. Jessica A. Pryce is an Assistant Professor at Florida State University and the Executive Director of the Florida Institute for Child Welfare. For over 10 years, she has worked at the frontlines of child welfare. She has published academic articles on training and education, racial disparity and anti-poverty practices, and has presented her research at more than fifty national and international conferences. Her TED Talk on Implicit Racial Bias in Decision Making has since been viewed over 1.3 million times. She has maintained a commitment to the sustainability of the child welfare workforce and effectively addressing inequity.
About Deanna Anthony
Deanna Anthony is a classically trained singer, actress, and audiobook narrator. A former beauty queen, she has performed in over fifty regional and international theaters. When not working, she enjoys quilting and sewing, reading romance, and enjoying home-cooked meals and baked treats.