Once black girls wind up in juvenile justice schools it's hard to find the path to financial stability. Research has found that black girls are more likely to be punished for being "un-ladylike" and seen by teachers as "loud, defiant, and precocious." The first in the series the Bias Price.
Monique Morris says black girls are getting into trouble at school for just being who they have to be.
"The majority of black girls who have been suspended got kicked out for being loud, even if they weren't being disrespectful," said Morris, co-founder of the National Black Women's Justice Institute, based inOakland, Calif. "It's cultural for black girls to speak up, and they are going to fight back if something is wrong."
Once these girls have gotten in trouble at school, they're often seen as "the problem."
This is especially true because black girls bullying at school often looks different than it does for white girls. Morris offers the example of a student who was kicked out for vandalizing school property when she wrote "I hate the B's at this school." "She was being bullied and provoked to fight, and didn't know how to react. This was her cry for help, and no one listened," she said.
Pushed Out of School, Black Girls Lose Huge Ground
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