WYSE Spirit Read by The Antiracism Academy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf When the spirit moves you, read one of the statements aloud. (Sources: African American Policy Forum & the National Women's Law Center) en-us 2021-08-05 13:43:13 UTC 2021-08-07 18:54:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1031639636/ca43ce450dd35e308df681ae77a055de/The_Antiracism_Academy_Logo_Final_01.png theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670203947 In 2010, the homicide rate among Black girls and women ages 10-24 was higher than for any other group of females, and higher than white and Asian men as well. 

The rate of firearm deaths for Black girls and women ages 10-24 from 2008-10 was more than 6.5 times higher than white women and girls, more than 3.5 times higher than Hispanic women and girls, and more than 9 times higher than Asian/Pacific Islander women and girls. 

In 2011, 94% of Black women are murdered by someone they knew.]]> 2021-08-05 16:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670203947 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670204500 According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2007, Black girls’ suspension and expulsion rates were higher than any other group of girls and higher than white and Hispanic boys. 

38.5% of Black girls had been suspended, compared to 11.6% for white girls and 24.1% for white boys. 4.6% of Black girls had been expelled, compared to 0.7% of white girls and 1.6% of white boys.]]> 2021-08-05 16:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670204500 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670205739 Numerous studies have found that dropping out of high school is linked to serious long-term consequences, many of which are greater for Black women than Black men. 

For example, a black woman who has dropped out will make about $7,000 less a year than a high school graduate, will be more likely to need welfare support than both female and male peers, and children of women who drop out are more likely to drop out than children of male dropouts.]]> 2021-08-05 16:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670205739 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670206664 Black girls have a higher incidence of emotional difficulties than other girls, including signs of depression.

In 2009, one national survey found that 67% of Black girls indicated that they felt sad or hopeless for two or more weeks straight, compared to 31% of white girls and 40% of Latinas.]]> 2021-08-05 16:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670206664 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670208153 Statistics from the Insight Center for Economic and Community Investment illustrate that, as of 2007, Black women earned only 64 cents per dollar earned by a white man, compared to 78 cents on the dollar earned by white women. 

These numbers do not reflect that the closing of the gender wage gap has been slowing since the 1990s and had even increased between 2011-12.]]> 2021-08-05 16:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670208153 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670208863 Single black women have the lowest net worth among all racial
and gender groups, only $100 compared to $7,900 for single Black men, $41,500 for single white women, and $43,800 for single white men. 

This means that Black men have approximately 79x the wealth of Black women; white women have approximately 415x the wealth of Black women, and white men have approximately 438x the wealth of Black
women.]]> 2021-08-05 16:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670208863 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670209829 In 2007, over thirty years after Title IX was passed, white women were benefitting more from the legislation than any other women. 

According to a report from the Department of Education, when looking at high school sophomores, the participation rate in sports for white women was 51%, compared to 40% for Black women, 34% for Asian/Pacific Islander women, and 34% for Hispanic women.]]> 2021-08-05 16:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670209829 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670211123 Just like Black men, women of color are incarcerated at far higher rates than their white peers. Black women are incarcerated at nearly 3 times the rate of white women. 

An estimated 1 in 18 black women will be incarcerated at least once in their lifetime compared to 1 in 111 white women and 1 in 45 Latinas.]]> 2021-08-05 16:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670211123 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670211320 Teenage pregnancy disproportionately burdens young Black women. Despite a national decline in teenage pregnancy rates, the pregnancy rate among Black teens is still twice that of White teens.]]> 2021-08-05 16:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670211320 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670212209 Black women disproportionately experience inequalities of
love. Recent statistics gathered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal that, between 2006-10, 55% of Black women were never married, compared to 34% of
white women, 49% of Latinas, and 55% of Black men. 

Likewise, Black women have lower rates of cohabiting (9.3%) than their white (11%) and Latina (16%) peers.]]> 2021-08-05 17:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670212209 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670212302 Black women have the highest rates of HIV among women, are
more likely than non-Black women to die from breast cancer despite lower incidence overall, and face high rates of being uninsured even where employed.

]]> 2021-08-05 17:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670212302 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670212346 Over the last decade, over 100 million dollars has been invested in achievement, dropout prevention, and mentoring initiatives exclusively targeting Black and brown boys.

During this same period, less than 1 million dollars in funding targeted Black and brown
girls.]]> 2021-08-05 17:00:24 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1670212346 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1671295605 According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention:

  • 26% of female Hispanic teens have considered suicide; compare that 17.2% of white teens and 14.5% of black high school students.
  • 15% of Latinas have attempted suicide; compared to 8.9% of black female teens and 6.8% of white.
]]> 2021-08-06 18:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1671295605 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1671296687 In a study released earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that Hispanics had the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in the U.S. in 2012.

Per 1,000 Hispanic teens aged 15 to 17 years old, the birth rate was 25.5 percent while the total birth rate per 1,000 teens across all ethnicities in the same age group was 14.1 percent, according to the CDC Vital Signs study.
]]> 2021-08-06 19:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1671296687 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1671416704 More than 1 in 5 girls (21 percent) reported that they had been sexually assaulted (with sexual assault defined as being kissed or touched without consent).  Nearly 2 in 5 LGBTQ girls (38 percent) reported being kissed or touched without their consent.

- National Women's Law's Center Study

]]> 2021-08-06 23:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1671416704 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1671642708 1 in 11 girls (9 percent) have experienced dating violence, defined as being hurt or injured on purpose by someone they were dating. More than 2 in 3 girls (68 percent) who reported that they were survivors of sexual violence also reported having difficulty concentrating in school.

-NWLC
]]> 2021-08-07 11:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1671642708 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1671642990 3 in 10 survivors of sexual violence (30 percent) reported being absent from school because they felt they would be unsafe there or on their way to school. 32 percent of girls who have been harassed or assaulted said they did “nothing” in response to the harassment or assault.

-NWLC

]]> 2021-08-07 11:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1671642990 theantiracismacademy https://padlet.com/theantiracismacademy/6s5xksh78at1eckf/wish/1671756489 More than half of Latina girls (55 percent) said they are worried that a friend or family member will be deported. Almost a quarter of Latina girls (24 percent) reported being harassed because of their name or family’s origin.

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