No racial bias at child protective services: study

Child abuse really is more common in African American than white homes, according to a new study that dismisses earlier claims of racial reporting bias in the child welfare system.

But the blame lies with circumstances out of parents' control, say the authors of the report.

'The problem is not that (Child Protective Services) workers are racists,' said Brett Drake, who studies child welfare at Washington University in St. Louis and led the new research.

'The problem is that huge numbers of black people are living under devastating circumstances,' he told Reuters Health. | Reuters