The numbers for black foster children is glaring. There are over half a million children in the foster care system in the United States, and African Americans make up nearly 40 percent of that number. U.S. Census data shows black children in foster care, especially older ones, are less likely than white children to be adopted.Although studies show there is little difference among to racial groups in the incidence of abuse and neglect that would lead to a child or youth’s placement in foster care, black children are more likely to be steered into foster care at disproportionate rates than whites, and are often “negatively characterized and labeled” by child welfare workers, explained U.C Riverside Professor of Psychology Dr. Carolyn Murray during a recent lecture series on the “Psychological Development of Black Children”. - New America Media
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