Studies Confirm the Dehumanization of Black Children and the ‘Preschool-to-Prison Pipeline’ | Common Dreams

Studies Confirm the Dehumanization of Black Children and the ‘Preschool-to-Prison Pipeline’ | Common Dreams

But it turns out that negative disciplinary actions affect
African-American children starting as early as age 3. The U.S.
Department of Education just released a comprehensive study of public
schools, revealing in a report
that black children face discrimination even in preschool. (That
preschool-aged children are suspended at all is hugely disturbing.) Data
from the 2011-2012 year show that although black children make up only
18 percent of preschoolers, 42 percent of them were suspended at least
once and 48 percent were suspended multiple times.