The Criminalization of Black Girls

We often talk about the school to prison pipeline and reference black boys. But there are growing numbers of our black girls in prison. The suspensions rates are increasing and  we’re seeing more incidents of abuse. We get an in-depth look at this issue in a new documentary titled “Push Out: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools”.

Resources:

Push Out: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

Monique Morris, Executive Producer, “Push Out: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools”

Dr. Bahiyyah Muhammad, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Criminology, Program Director, Inside Out Program, Howard University

Rebecca Epstein, Researcher, Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality