On today’s episode, we’re continuing our discussion about reimagining systems/institutions to better serve families raising Black children and teens with a specific focus on Black girls. According to data from The African American Policy Forum's, The Facts To Know About the Status of Black Women As We Enter the Biden Years series, Black girls are 7 times more likely to be suspended than their white counterparts, and 4 times more likely to be arrested at school. Black girls are over-disciplined and over-policed in schools. 

To discuss this issue, I’m joined by guests, Dr. Sheretta Butler Barnes, a developmental psychologist and Associate Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School and Dr. Valerie Adams Bass, a developmental psychologist and Assistant professor Department of Human Services at the University of Virginia Curry School of Education.

References:

• https://www.aapf.org/blackgirlsmatter
• https://www.newark.rutgers.edu/events/strong-black-girls
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340607737_My_Teacher_Doesn%27t_Like_Me_Perceptions_of_Teacher_Discrimination_and_School_Discipline_among_African-American_and_Caribbean_Black_Adolescent_Girls
• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/politics/black-girls-school-discipline.html

Music and editing by Manni Simon