Mixed race Caribbean girls three times more likely to be excluded by LeahMahon_
'We must do better' say researchers as data reveals alarming and disproportionate rise in school disciplineDUAL HERITAGE girls who are mixed white and black Caribbean were three times more likely to be excluded from school than white British girls between 2020-21, research has shown.
Schoolgirls from Gypsy/Roma backgrounds were also disproportionately affected by school suspensions with up to 1,338 barred from classrooms in the years 2020-21 – three times the rate of their white British peers. Indy Cross, Chief Executive of Agenda, urged the government to do better for mixed race Caribbean girls and to stamp out the adultification of black children like Child Q.
“And if we’ve learnt anything from cases like the girl known as ‘Child Q’, we know discriminatory treatment based on racial and gender stereotypes happens too often. We must do better than this. We call on the government to be transparent about these figures, alongside its exclusion data. It’s just one way to start addressing the racial disparities.”
“Being kicked out of school made my life a hundred times worse… I felt misunderstood and alone… Not understanding mixed black and black girls is a choice that impacts us for the rest of our lives,” said another 16-year-old girl called J. “‘Adultification’ means unfair assumptions are made about girls’ behaviour and they’re routinely treated too harshly rather than having their wellbeing and specific needs addressed.