A report from Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequalityreveals that adults view black girls—starting at age five—as less innocent and more adult-like than white girls of the same age.
The study focuses on the “adultification” of black girls, shining a light on bias aimed at black female children.
“What we found is that adults see black girls as less innocent and less in need of protection as white girls of the same age,” says Rebecca Epstein, lead author of the report and executive director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Adults also view black girls as less nurturing, more independent, and more knowledgeable about sex than their white peers, as well as in need of less support, and comfort than white girls.
[For more of this story, written by Taylor Walker, go to http://witnessla.com/the-adult...tion-of-black-girls/]
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