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Thank you Lisa Hurley, Khafre Jay (He/Him) and Stephen Ivy for sharing this video. It speaks volumes.
Sadly, it also speaks to what WE, as Black women, experience in adulthood.
There is a total disregard, lack of empathy, and no understanding about the existence and experiences of BOTH Black girls and women in every area of society. That is not my opinion. That is a fact.
Building on its groundbreaking 2017 Girlhood Interrupted study showing that adults view black girls as more adult-like and less innocent than white girls, Georgetown University Law Center on Poverty and Inequality released a 2019 study finding Black girls routinely experience adultification bias.
The Center’s original 2017 study, Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood, applied statistical analysis to a national study of adults on their attitudes toward black girls.
👉🏽 It found that adults believe Black girls ages 5-19 need less nurturing, protection, support and comfort than white girls of the same age.
👉🏽 Adults believe Black girls are more independent, know more about adult topics, and know more about sex than white girls.
The 2019 report, Listening to Black Women and Girls: Lived Experiences of Adultification Bias, reveals findings from focus groups that examined whether the original study aligns with the real lives of Black girls and women, and what should be done to address adultification bias.
The study draws on interviews with Black girls and women ages 12 to 60-plus in towns and cities of various sizes across the United States.
Findings include:
👧🏽Black girls routinely experience adultification bias.
👧🏽 Adultification is linked to harsher treatment and higher standards for Black girls in school.
👧🏽 Negative stereotypes of Black women as angry, aggressive and hypersexualized are projected onto Black girls.
👧🏽 Adults attempt to change black girls’ behavior to be more passive.
👧🏽 Adultification bias can lead educators and other authorities to treat black girls in developmentally inappropriate ways.
👧🏽 Factors that contribute to adultification bias include racism, sexism, and poverty.
👧🏽 Adults have less empathy for Black girls than their white peers.
Nationally, Black girls are suspended more than five times as often white girls, and Black girls are 2.7 times more likely to be referred to the juvenile justice system than their white peers.
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