Kenyon Lee Whitman

Know your worth, then add tax.

[Kenyon Lee Whitman @KenyonLWhitman]

@Foxworth24 She ballin, ballin

[Q @quraisha_d]

Think I'm going to use aunty sima's line for everything, including submitting manuscripts. 'you will never get 100%, take 60-70% and be happy' #IndianMatchmakingseason2

[Alternative Family Services @afs4kids]

As @KenyonLWhitman, the Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA, recently wrote in @TheImprintNews, "Our child welfare and education systems are failing to move foster youth toward postsecondary enrollment and completion."

For more, head to https://t.co/gIdZTx314q #fostercare

[NCCPR @NCCPR]

@elibhager [2/2] More #familypreservation journalism & comment from @KenyonLWhitman in @TheImprintNews, @DorianHargrove of @CBS8 San Diego, and @blaise_mesa of @ksnewsservice https://t.co/KWSxONUfZJ #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare

[Chris Hayes @chrislhayes]

Run out of words to describe this court, but, among other things, it's now a threat to the planet.

[Creating a Family @CreatingaFamily]

RT @TheImprintNews: A new lawsuit accuses Alaska of widespread #childwelfare failures.
Visit the link in our bio to read the full story.

[The Imprint @TheImprintNews]

OPINION: Columnist @KenyonLWhitman on leaning into joy in the wake of tragedy https://t.co/LHXQtukDea

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

About 1 in 10 people in state prison today was homeless before turning 18.

1 in 5 was in public housing before 18.

1 in 5 was in foster care.

For Black incarcerated people, the numbers are higher.

[Alan Dettlaff @AlanDettlaff]

You'll often hear child welfare “leaders” talk about “transforming” or “reimagining” the child welfare system. But it’s important to question what they really mean. Often they’ve just co-opted this language to maintain their power.

More in our new blog: https://t.co/n2GyWqdeDb

[upEND Movement @upendmovement]

There is no reforming a system whose notion of care for children means they “often age out of care more damaged than when they entered." https://t.co/oWdgs09j7C

[Kenyon Lee Whitman @KenyonLWhitman]

“This is a reflection that to be white in America is to be able to continue to lie and convince yourself that you are better than you actually are.”
https://t.co/A1P5O8TcAF

[The Imprint @TheImprintNews]

Higher income families receive more financial benefits when adopting compared to lower income families. https://t.co/rRwyw6OFtU

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

I know that this is going to be lost on a lot of white people and almost all white Republicans. But when you see Booker or Padilla getting emotional... I just don't think y'all know how *hard* it is. For us. To get her.

[Dorothy Roberts @DorothyERoberts]

@andrewhume @BasicBooks Thank you!

[Alan Dettlaff @AlanDettlaff]

When social workers partner with the police, we are complicit in the racial violence and oppression they produce. If we mean what we say in our value statements, we should wholly reject programs like this.
https://t.co/MWvq0O4tex

[Dorothy Roberts @DorothyERoberts]

As I write a lot about in Torn Apart, family police act like police, think like police & work with police—they are part of the same carceral regime and oppress the same communities. As @JMacForFamilies says, “some cops are called caseworkers.”

[Kenyon Lee Whitman @KenyonLWhitman]

Andy Paak on the drums, just happy to be there, love it. Kendrick saved the halftime show!

[The Imprint @TheImprintNews]

Two ways to improve economic equity for former foster youth, writes @KenyonLWhitman: college access and homeownership https://t.co/j0mMj9muoK

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

"Perfect attendance" should be a thing of the past. When you don't feel well, stay home instead of going to work or school and possibly spreading an infection to those around you. I hope Covid has taught us our actions affect others. And that everyone should have paid sick leave.