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Study: Schools Disproportionately Targeting Black Girls (Pictures)
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 16:27
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There’s been a national focus on how schools disproportionately punish African American boys. But black girls are also treated unequally, according to a report in the New York Times – even when their offenses are no worse than those of their white peers.
“Data from the Office for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Education show that from 2011 to 2012, black girls in public elementary and secondary schools nationwide were suspended at a rate of 12 percent, compared with a rate of just 2 percent for white girls, and more than girls of any other race or ethnicity,” reporter Tanzina Vega reports. MOREHERE
