‘They are totally overlooked’: Young black girls viewed as less innocent, study finds. To that, I cry foul.

If you were to write a letter to your childhood self, knowing everything you know now, what would it say? If you’re black and female, you would likely use the word “adversity” a lot. A new report from the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality reaffirms that being a black girl isn’t easy. A

Georgetown Law’s New Study Sheds Light on African American Women Affected by Adultification Bias

After a 2017 Girlhood Interrupted study that revealed adults view black girls as more adult-like, Georgetown Law conducted a follow-up study that finds black girls routinely experience adultification bias. The new study is known as ‘Listening to Black Women and Girls: Lived Experiences of Adultification Bias.’ The co-author of the report, Rebecca Epstein (who also

Adultification Bias: Study Shows Black Girls Are Treated More Harshly Than White Peers Of The Same Age

Kudos to Jamilia J. Blake and Rebecca Epstein, who recently released their findings in a study on behalf of the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality which looked at adultification bias toward young black girls and women. The introduction to the study revealed how Blake and Epstein previously conducted research which resulted in the

Research Confirms that Black Girls Feel the Sting of Adultification Bias Identified in Earlier Georgetown Law Study

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. “The new research supports our earlier hypothesis that adultification bias is a major contributor to these disciplinary disparities,” Blake said. When asked

Black Girls Detail Harsh Consequences Of Being Seen As Older Than White Peers (News on Media)

A new report details the negative consequences suffered by black women and girls when people perceive them as older than their white peers.Researchers at Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality reported their findings Wednesday after speaking to groups of black girls and women across the country about whether their real-life experiences reflected what the

Black Girls Detail Harsh Consequences Of Being Seen As Older Than White Peers

Choosing to focus specifically on black girls, the 2017 study found that adults saw black girls ages 5-19 as in need of less protection and support than white girls the same age, and that black girls were more independent and knew more about adult topics, including about sex. The women in the focus groups recounted

A Childhood Erased: Black Girls And Women Discuss Harsher Punishments Due To ‘Adultification’

Research has already shown that adults view young black girls as older and less innocent than their white peers. Now, the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown Law Center has affirmed the findings of its 2017 study. Through focus groups conducted with black women and girls nationwide, researchers learned that they are routinely subject

What It’s Like to Be Labeled a Rude Black Girl

“Kathleen got so frustrated with Kelly playing with me, so intensely angry, that she grabbed my arm and ran her nails down my arm with both hands and drew blood,” Abraham recalled. “I screamed at her and was like, ‘What are you doing?’ She was like, ‘I can’t play with you because you’re Black; I’m

A new report shows how racism and bias deny black girls their childhoods