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 same researchers found in 2017: the “adultification” of black girls. The women and girls said they did.