Though she lived most of her adult life in the eastern United States, Roberts’s poetry is rooted in the sights and sounds of her native New Brunswick. Her work exhibits a keen intelligence as well as a tough-minded tenderness, echoing the power and beauty of her beloved Maritime Canadian landscape and communicating her longing for the waterways and forests of her homeland. The Essential Poets Series presents the works of Canada’s most celebrated poets in a package that is beautiful, accessible and affordable. The Essential Dorothy Roberts is the seventeenth volume in the increasingly popular series.
Shattered Bonds is a stirring account of a worsening American social crisis--the disproportionate representation of black children in the U.S. foster care system and its effects on black communities and the country as a whole. Tying the origins and impact of this disparity to racial injustice, Dorothy Roberts contends that child-welfare policy reflects a political choice to address startling rates of black child poverty by punishing parents instead of tackling poverty's societal roots. Using conversations with mothers battling the Chicago child-welfare system for custody of their children, along with national data, Roberts levels a powerful indictment of racial disparities in foster care and tells a moving story of the women and children who earn our respect in their fight to keep their families intact.
An incisive, groundbreaking book that examines how a biological concept of race is a myth that promotes inequality in a supposedly “post-racial” era. Though the Human Genome Project proved that human beings are not naturally divided by race, the emerging fields of personalized medicine, reproductive technologies, genetic genealogy, and DNA databanks are attempting to resuscitate race as a biological category written in our genes. This groundbreaking book by legal scholar and social critic Dorothy Roberts examines how the myth of race as a biological concept—revived by purportedly cutting-edge science, race-specific drugs, genetic testing, and DNA databases—continues to undermine a just society and promote inequality in a supposedly “post-racial” era. Named one of the ten best black nonfiction books 2011 by AFRO.com, Fatal Invention offers a timely and “provocative analysis” (Nature) of race, science, and politics that “is consistently lucid . . . alarming but not alarmist, controversial but evidential, impassioned but rational” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). “Everyone concerned about social justice in America should read this powerful book.” —Anthony D. Romero, executive director, American Civil Liberties Union “A terribly important book on how the ‘fatal invention’ has terrifying effects in the post-genomic, ‘post-racial’ era.” —Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, professor of sociology, Duke University, and author of Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States “Fatal Invention is a triumph! Race has always been an ill-defined amalgam of medical and cultural bias, thinly overlaid with the trappings of contemporary scientific thought. And no one has peeled back the layers of assumption and deception as lucidly as Dorothy Roberts.” —Harriet A. Washington, author of and Deadly Monopolies: The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself
An award-winning scholar exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and calls for radical change Many believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as Torn Apart uncovers, this system is designed to punish Black families. Drawing on decades of research, legal scholar and sociologist Dorothy Roberts reveals that the child welfare system is better understood as a “family policing system” that collaborates with law enforcement and prisons to oppress Black communities. Child protection investigations ensnare a majority of Black children, putting their families under intense state surveillance and regulation. Black children are disproportionately likely to be torn from their families and placed in foster care, driving many to juvenile detention and imprisonment. The only way to stop the destruction caused by family policing, Torn Apart argues, is to abolish the child welfare system and liberate Black communities.
Joshua, Timmy, Angel, and Amira work together to find the missing fairy dust and save the town from the Glum. The Glum are fairies that were banished to the underground. They are small grayish green creatures with red eyes. The Glum are very selfish and angry. If they steal the fairy dust, chaos will take over and magic will disappear.
The story of Dorothy Webb Roberts' travel adventures over a 60 year period with visits to and work in Africa, Australia, Europe and her adopted homeland, the United States.
I am who I am because of Gods goodness and His loving mercy. It is, therefore, in humble gratitude that I dedicate this book to Him for all that He has done for me. Secondly, I would like to acknowledge the support of my dearest friend, my mother Mrs. Eloise Frazier-Heyward who has stuck by and supported me throughout my entire life. Momma, you have been an inspiration to me and I love you dearly. To my siblings and my entire family, thank you for believing in me!
Joshua and Timmy were friends that had found a magical land in Riverwood. Joshua followed signs to find the Wishing Tree, which was founded by his great-grandfather Thomas, an explorer. He had overcome fear and become brave enough to be worthy of the magic. Now feeling competent of trying new things and believing in what he cares about, he is looking forward to a new school year. Timmy, though his leg had healed after his accident, was told he couldn't play football this fall or even ride his bicycle yet. He became sad, angry, and lonely. Turning to the computer, he developed a skill and became very good at it. Peer pressure would cause him to question his beliefs, ideals, and values. Through conflict, he finds out who he is and learns to accept himself and others despite their differences. Both boys follow signs and clues to solve the mystery in Great-Granfather Thomas's journal.
This collection of poetry focuses on a life circumscribed by age and frailty. Also looks at the author's early life as well as the historical context that shaped it.
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