kim crenshaw will be in dialog tonight with dorothy roberts.roberts is the 14th pen integrates knowledge professor the george h. university professor of law, sociology and the raymond and d. tanner moselle alexander, professor of civil at university of pennsylvania. she is also the founding director of the penn program on race science and society and intersect and internationally scholar, activist and social critic. she has written and lectured extensively on the interplay of gender race and class in legal concerning reproduction, bioethics and child welfare. her latest book, which i can't recommend highly enough torn apart, is about how the child welfare system destroys black families and how abolition can build a safer world. roberts is also the author of the classic killing the body, race, reproduction and the meaning of liberty, among other books, and has published more than 100 journals in essays and books and scholarly journals. welcome to the stage dorothy roberts. the beautiful. thanks so much for coming. and thank you for that warm wel