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Jan 27, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
What is adultification and how does it impact the education of Black and Indigenous girls in so-called Canada?
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Adultification is the process of perceiving Black and Indigenous girls (as young as 5 years old) as older, less innocent, and threatening.
In educational settings, teaching administration and School Resource Officers criminalize young girls’ behaviour through this process.