Syesha Mercado & Racism Within the Child Welfare System

After their newborn daughter was put into foster care without true cause, the young Black couple is fighting with everything that have to get her back.

Recording Artist Syesha Mercado performs at the Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Greater Los Angeles. (Photo by Greg Doherty/Getty Images)

The child welfare system in the United States has always and continues to disproportionately harm families of color. 

This is not an opinion. It is fact-based only on the statistics that are released every year. 

According t…