Resource: Cinematic Portrayal of Black Children
The media is very much complicit in how it portrays children of color and how children of color are absent from major films for children. It may be of interest to some:
The Bias Behind Labeling Black Girls as ‘Street Smart’
I would like to add something that has always annoyed me. The term “street smart” is always associated with black kids. I have always asked “what the hell does that mean”. If a black kid is poor, and he or she has seen and experienced events that they should not have seen at such a