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We Are the ECHORacial Disparity in Foster CareIn this episode we talk with Dr. Bryce Johnson, an administrator with Hampton City Schools in Hampton, VA, Edwin and Arial Jones, pastors at The Bridge Church and advocates for racial reconciliation in the Coastal Virginia area, and Aaron and Monique Ransom, veteran foster parents and fellow podcasters at the Fostering Hope Podcast.
When looking at census documents for our nation's foster care system, there is one glaring piece of data that is impossible to overlook: Black children are over-represented and Black foster parents are under-represented.
Black individuals in America comprise approximately 15% of the entire population, yet in foster care, m...2020-07-031h 05