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Girlhood Interrupted with Thalia González
Season 2 · Episode 84

Girlhood Interrupted with Thalia González

Groundingbreaking report by Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality on how adults perceive Black girls

The Electorette Podcast · Electorette

June 14, 201928m 7s

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Show Notes

In this episode, Thalia González, an Associate Professor at Occidental College and co-author of the report, "Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood." This groundbreaking report published by Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality, revealed that adults view Black girls as less innocent and more adult-like than their white peers. González discusses the ways in which adults perceive black girls in public systems have both short-term and long-term repercussions.

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