Rebecca Epstein: Girls Ages

rebecca epstein: And those perceptions are greater when it comes to younger black girls ages 5-9 and 10-14, according to The Chronicle Herald. The discrepancy continues to a lesser degree with girls ages 15-19. The report also said American adults think black girls know more about adult topics and about sex than white girls of the same age. This new evidence of what we call the 'adultification' of black girls may help explain why black girls in America are disciplined much more often and more severely than white girls, across our schools and in our juvenile justice system, said Rebecca Epstein, lead author of the report and executive director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality at the Georgetown University Law Center. The Department of Education said in 2014 that black girls are suspended at higher rates than girls of any other race or most boys. The study surveyed 325 adults from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds and educational levels across the United States to come up with its results. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.