Perceptions about childhood and innocence tend to go hand in hand. People generally believe that young children are innocent and deserving of a worry-free childhood. Unfortunately, children in racialized groups might stop benefitting from such convenient assumptions way earlier in life than children in more racially advantaged groups. Dr. Goff from the University of California in Los Angeles interviewed police officers about their perceptions of children in different racial and age groups. While this could be one more in a well-known series of studies, it […]

Categories: Alexia Raynal, ZiR • Tags: black children, childhood, children