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20 CUNY L. Rev. 23 (2016-2017)
However Kindly Intentioned: Structural Racism and Volunteer Casa Programs

handle is hein.journals/nyclr20 and id is 23 raw text is: HOWEVER KINDLY INTENTIONED: STRUCTURAL RACISM AND VOLUNTEER CASA PROGRAMS Amy Mulzer & Tara Urst Ajudge McClellan in Lansing had authority over me and all of my brothers and sisters. We were 'state children,' court wards; he had the full say-so over us. A white man in charge of a black man's children! Nothing but legal, modern slavery-however kindly intentioned. The Autobiography of Malcolm X INTRODUCTION . .............................................. 23 1. CHILD WELFARE AND THE ROLE OF THE CASA ......... 26 A. Race, Class, and Child Welfare.................... 26 B. Life of a Child Protective Case .................... 30 C. Court Appointed Special Advocates................... 37 II. CASA PROGRAMS AND THE PRIVILEGING OF WHITE MOTHERHOOD ..................................... 45 A. Women's Work, Power, and the Charitable Class ...... 47 B. The Rescue Fantasy ............................ 51 C. Racial Hierarchies. ............................ 54 D. Intertwining of the Charitable Class and the Court .... 57 III. THE QUESTIONABLE ADVOCACY OF THE CASA .......... 58 A. Conflict Between the Role of a CASA and Fairness P rincip les.......................................... 59 B. The Power of the CASA............................. 66 C. Structural Racism and Volunteer CASA Programs..... .69 CONCLUSION ................................................. 73 INTRODUCTION The question of racial disproportionality in the child welfare f Amy Mulzer is a Staff Attorney and Clinical Instructor of Law in the Disability and Civil Rights Clinic, Brooklyn Law School. Many thanks to Annette Appell, Matt Fraidin, Marty Guggenheim, Chris Gottlieb, Nora Hirozawa, Kim Pearson, Hannah Roman,Jocelyn Simonson, Jane Spinak, and participants in both the 2016 Family Law Scholars and Teachers conference and the CUNY Law Review Symposium for their very helpful comments. Tara Urs is an Attorney for The Defender Association Division of the King County Department of Public Defense. This article is dedicated to my clients-you know who you are. 23

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