More than Reduced Police Presence: Schools Must Commit to Implementing Restorative Justice.
Rebecca Epstein and Thalia Gonzalez
In this historic moment, cities across the nation are recognizing the damage caused by police presence in schools. From disproportionate action in response...
It is increasingly clear to all Americans what Black communities have known for generations: Systemic racism not only persists throughout our institutions, laws,...
Jamilia Blake, Ph.D., a psychologist and associate professor at Texas A&M University who co-authored the 2019 report “Listening to Black Women and Girls:...
Do No Harm: Reflecting on a Legacy of Pain for Black Women and Girls in the United States
Isiuwa Omoigui
As the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality reported in 2017, “compared to white girls of the same age (i.e. age range of five to 14), adults perceive that black girls need less protection, know more about adult topics, and know more about sex.” Yet they are seen as too childlike and promiscuous to exercise reproductive autonomy over their bodies.
Why the approval of the JCPS Females of Color STEAM Academy brought me to tears
Renee Murphy
In a 2017 research article from the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown Law, “Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls Childhood,”...
Why Sexual Assault Survivors Of Color Need Their Own Spaces To Heal
Kelly Gonzalves
Research has found the “strong black woman” stereotypes can have significant consequences for black women’s mental health, including higher likelihood of depression and...
Black students are punished more in school due to racism
Jaclyn Ferguson
Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality released a study, Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood, in 2017 about perceptions of...