black women and girls
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Surprising No One, Georgetown Study Confirms Previous Findings on Adultification Bias—By Listening to Black Women and Girls
In 2017, the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality’s Initiative on Gender Justice and Opportunity released Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood (pdf), providing concrete data that adults typically perceive black girls, particularly those aged 5 to 14, to be more “adult-like” and less innocent than their white peers. Via responses garnered…
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Black Girls Most Harshly Disciplined Over School Dress Codes, Study Finds
We all know that black girls are disciplined more harshly for the same infractions as their white peers in schools (and life), but a new study shows that part of this disparity is linked to school-uniform policies. The National Women’s Law Center recently looked at school dress codes in Washington, D.C., and found that black…
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#FanniesArmy: GirlTrek Organizes Thousands of Women to Walk on Fannie Lou Hamer’s 100th Birthday
GirlTrek, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of black women and girls, is gearing up to celebrate the life of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer on Friday, the 100th anniversary of Hamer’s birth. “Fannie Lou Hamer died too soon, and we want to celebrate her life in a big way,” GirlTrek…
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Is the Pied Piper’s Music Finally Fading? R. Kelly Ticket Sales Way Down
Though there have always been pockets of disgust amid the black community’s seemingly undying support for R. Kelly—the R&B singer who has allegedly preyed upon young black girls and young women for decades—it looks like folks are finally getting the message about Mr. Creepy. Kellz, currently on the After Party Tour, has been reportedly singing…
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Yeah, If You're Still An R. Kelly Fan In 2015 You Just Might Be A Worse Person Than R. Kelly
I’m not going to say much about R. Kelly because, at this point, on the last day of November in 2015, there’s not much I can say about R. Kelly that hasn’t already been said. And repeated. And reported on. And recounted through anecdote. And even said by me on this very space two years…