Black youth

A girl at the park prepares to go down a slide.

How the World Fails Black Girls

TK Saccoh

March 3, 2023

Anti-colorism advocate TK Saccoh investigates the intersecting oppressions that contribute to the erasure of Black girls.

Media & Culture

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A Black girl looks up while standing in a dark room.

Healing Black Youth’s Mental Health

Sydney Cobb

November 11, 2022

The formative years for Black youth is often shaped by individual and mass trauma, which is having a devasting effect on their mental health.

Health

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Two teens lean against a column outside with their arms folded while laughing.

Lost Black Youth: Adolescence and Innocence as White Privileges

Andrew Lee

July 29, 2022

Subconscious biases present in daily life and institutions aid in criminalizing Black children for behavior deemed innocent in white youth.

Legal System

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Black youth

How the World Fails Black Girls

Healing Black Youth’s Mental Health

Lost Black Youth: Adolescence and Innocence as White Privileges

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