This groundbreaking study provides data for the first time revealing that adults surveyed view Black girls as less innocent and more adult-like than white girls of the same age, especially between 5-14 years old (p. 2).
Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood (2017)
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