A powerful piece on how harmful racial stereotypes are. Data from the Department of Education show that black girls in public schools were suspended at a rate of 12 percent in recent years, compared with just 2 percent for white girls. Black girls also tend to be penalized more subjectively, for things like a perceived ‘bad attitude’ or defiance. Lance Hannon, a Villanova sociology professor, analyzed data from two national longitudinal surveys and found that there are also different expectations within cross-sections of black girls. “When a darker-skinned African-American female acts up, there’s a certain concern about their boyish aggressiveness,” Dr. Hannon said, “that they don’t know their place as a female, as a woman.”
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 20:01:15 +0000