Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families Facebook.
The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) believes that the “concept of race” is a social construct “created and defined over centuries to justify dominance, exploitation, and discrimination against Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.”
But the belief that race is a concept created by white supremacists doesn’t mean the DCYF will stop using race to identify groups. Indeed, they’re more committed now than ever to label groups by race. I guess when they do it, it’s empowering.
The department appears to adopt a philosophy whereby they will only address the needs of minority children, rather than all children regardless of race. In doing so, it hopes to become an anti-racist organization that adopts “racial equity and social justice as core agency values.”