Jessica Pryce: To transform child welfare, take race out of the equation
제시카 프라이스 (Jessica Pryce): 아동 복지를 변화시키려면, 인종문제를 제외시키세요
Jessica Pryce creates strategies to reduce the impact of racial bias in child protective services. Full bio
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a Child Protective Services worker.
복지사라고 상상해 봅시다.
to a report of child abuse.
이에 대응해야 합니다.
unexpected, certainly uninvited.
집으로 들어갑니다.
매트리스가 처음으로 눈에 들어옵니다.
in the middle of the room, on the floor.
누워 잠들어 있습니다.
with a couple of ashtrays,
작은 탁자가 있고
the kids lie asleep.
그리 멀지 않은 위치에요.
through the entire home.
당신의 임무 중 하나입니다.
where there's very little food.
음식은 거의 없습니다.
in the bedroom, on the floor,
침실 바닥에서 발견합니다.
with her infant child.
함께 매트리스를 쓰고 있죠.
two things may happen.
두 가지 상황이 연출됩니다.
and removed from the home,
집으로부터 분리조치를 하고
for a specified period of time.
있는 경우도 있습니다.
provides help and support.
도움과 지원을 받을 수도 있습니다.
Protective Services worker,
몇몇은 훨씬 나쁘기도 했죠.
상상해 보시라고 한 건
yourself in that home,
궁금했기 때문입니다.
your opinion of that family?
영향을 주는 것은 무엇일까요?
did you think the family was?
가족의 인종은 무엇이었나요?
that if those children were white,
만약 그 아이들이 백인이었다면
가족과 지낼 가능성이 크다는 것입니다.
stays together after that visit.
the University of Pennsylvania
have access to more help and more support
대체로 사회복지제도의
더 많이 받는다고 합니다.
to go through a full investigation.
전면 조사를 받게 될 확률도 낮죠.
if those kids are black,
아이들이 흑인이라면
백인들보다 4배 정도 많습니다.
more likely to be removed,
of time in foster care,
더 많은 시간을 보내게 되거니와
a stable foster placement.
an immediate shelter of protection
위험한 상황에 놓인 아이들에게
and traumatic exit from the family.
충격적인 결론이 될 수도 있습니다.
the University of Minnesota
who went through foster care
and internalized issues
아이들과 비교했을 때
while receiving help and support.
보였다고 합니다.
is not uncommon.
흔히 있는 일입니다.
living in low-income housing
almost impossible to keep food,
신선한 음식은 고사하고
불가능합니다.
to have her children taken from her?
격리당해야 마땅한가요?
a family court attorney,
이렇게 말했습니다.
in a poor neighborhood,
often unreachable standards
아이를 키우는 부모들에게
with very little money.
내세운다고 말합니다.
their kids are removed.
영향을 준다고 말합니다.
on the front lines of child welfare,
아동 복지 분야의 최전선에서 일하면서
내려야 했습니다.
how my personal values impacted my work.
일에 영향을 주는지 직접 보았죠.
at Florida State University,
사회복지학과 교수로서
and effective child welfare research.
아동 복지 연구를 시행하죠.
twice as many black kids in foster care,
위탁 보호 아래 있습니다.
population, 14 percent.
14% 정도라고 합니다.
several reasons why,
something you're not aware of.
인식하지 않는 것을 말합니다.
우리가 모두 가진 것이죠.
about certain groups of people.
in the background
도사리고 있습니다.
that I want to share.
좋은 해결책이 있습니다.
going into foster care.
위탁 보호소로 보내집니다.
the number of black kids being removed.
현저히 줄였습니다.
이 지역에 갔고
into that community with my team
of blind removal meetings.
알게 되었습니다.
to a report of child abuse.
아동 학대 신고를 받습니다.
must come back to the office
반드시 사무실로 돌아와서
neighborhood, race,
family strength, relevant history
부모의 능력 등을 살핍니다.
to protect the child.
the committee makes a recommendation,
위원회는 권고를 내립니다.
a drastic impact in that community.
큰 영향을 끼쳤습니다.
going into foster care were black.
아이들의 57%가 흑인이었습니다.
that is down to 21 percent.
수치는 21%로 감소하게 되었죠.
from talking to some of the case workers.
나눈 대화의 내용입니다.
with the department,
담당 부서와 얽힌적이 있다면
그 사건과 엮어 안 좋게 볼 것입니다.
to do things differently."
apartment building,
특정 아파트나
because it's an emotional field.
감정적인 영역이거든요.
emotions around this work.
감정이 없는 사람은 없어요.
all of your stuff at the door
자신의 감정을 내려놓기란
of race and neighborhood out of it,
인종과 지역에 대한 주관성을 버립시다.
bringing us closer
암묵적 편견을 깨고
in foster-care decisions.
and machine learning
다른 주에도 적용시킬 수 있을지
to other states.
변화시킬 수 있다고 믿습니다.
책임이 있습니다.
of their employees.
are driven by ethics and safety.
내려야 할 책임이 있을 겁니다.
that focuses on partnering with parents,
실패라고 여기지도 말고요.
시스템을 만듭시다.
instead of pulling them apart.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jessica Pryce - Child advocate, social scientistJessica Pryce creates strategies to reduce the impact of racial bias in child protective services.
Why you should listen
Jessica Pryce curates child welfare research that focuses on answering legislative questions and informing social policy. She has conducted research at the state and national level while publishing and presenting her work nationally and internationally. Her research has focused on the training and education of the workforce, racial disparity in child welfare decisions, and the disproportionality in our country's foster care system. Pryce is executive director of a research center at Florida State University
After earning her PhD at Howard University and working in New York state for two years, Pryce was appointed in 2016 the new Executive Director of the Florida Institute for Child Welfare, where she mobilizes social scientists devoted to improving the intractable issues that have negatively impacted the lives of vulnerable children and their families. She is currently engaged in a multi-year project focused on illuminating the experiences of black parents as they matriculate through child protective services. That same year, Pryce published an article illuminating strategies for the promotion of racial equity in a community on Long Island, NY.
In 2018, she was selected as a TED Resident. During the residency, she worked to disseminate strategies to child welfare agencies with the goal of their adopting Blind Removals, a racial equity strategy in child protection. Understanding the negative impact of removing children from their parents unnecessarily, Pryce has also written on the lingering, historical trauma of sanctioned family separations in the US.
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