⟡ You Want to Assess a Family You Don’t Even Understand. ⟡
When a white social work team refuses to acknowledge the racial and cultural identity of the children they claim to “protect.”
Filed: 19 April 2025
Reference: SWANK/WCC/PLO-17
📎 Download PDF – 2025-04-19_SWANK_PLO_Kirsty_RacialBiasCulturalCompetenceComplaint.pdf
Formal complaint demanding racial competence, cultural representation, and procedural fairness in safeguarding practice — including Westminster’s erasure of the father and mishandling of identity-led support needs.
I. What Happened
Westminster launched statutory proceedings against a multiracial American family without recognising the significance of race, fatherhood, cultural upbringing, or institutional bias.
Not a single representative on the team reflected the children’s heritage.
Not a single step taken to engage the father — until it suited escalation.
This filing exposes what’s missing from their safeguarding framework: cultural literacy, racial accountability, and lawful neutrality.
II. What the Complaint Establishes
That the children’s racial and cultural identities were erased from Westminster’s procedural strategy
That safeguarding actions ignored paternal engagement, replacing inclusion with exclusion
That representation was not only absent — it was professionally unacknowledged
That legal obligation under race equality policy was breached without correction or review
III. Why SWANK Filed It
Because race-blind practice is not neutral — it’s negligent.
Because refusing to engage the father until the state needs a counter-signature is not oversight — it’s manipulation.
And because safeguarding without cultural competence is not protection. It’s projection.
IV. Violations Identified
Racial Discrimination in Case Handling
Failure to Engage Paternal Role and Rights
Cultural Erasure in Assessment
Breach of Equality and Diversity Standards
Institutional Bias Structuring Safeguarding Trajectory
V. SWANK’s Position
Westminster cannot continue to act as though race, nationality, or cultural history are irrelevant to child welfare.
You do not get to erase a father, miscast a mother, and then claim neutrality.
This is not just a complaint — it’s an evidentiary checkpoint.
The family's identity is not up for institutional editing.
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