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Black girls often go through life feeling invisible, like they do not exist or are not important. They are victimized by being suspended from school, sexually exploited and sent to juvenile detention centers at a higher rate than other girls from other races their own age. They often combat negative stereotypes of the Angry Black Girl/Woman syndrome often depicted on television and social media. Developmental consequences of Trauma and Trauma Informed Interventions will be explored to help Black girls heal and restore.
Objectives:
- Define what it means to be invisible as a Black girl.
- Examine how invisibility and victimization impacts preschool and elementary Black girls.
- Examine how out of school suspensions, expulsions, and poor attendance contributes to the invisibility and victimization of Black girls.
- Examine how everyday practices at school such as dress codes and hairstyles contribute to the victimization of Black girls.
- Explore how the media promotes sexual exploitation and objectification of Black girls.
- Explore the history of colorism and how it was devised to create division among Black girls.
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