'It's very real and it has a huge impact on children's lives'
Most of those strip-searched are black, even though, according to government figures from 2019, only one in every five secondary pupils is.The way Child Q was left naked and alone with two police officers, whenan "appropriate adult" should also have been present, has left some parents wondering how to protect their daughters.
Miss White and her governor friend Natalie Duvall, both members of the Black Mums Upfront collective, feel adultification of black girls is rife in school cultures - which does not help how these children are perceived by police. "Yes, I am a 'strong black woman'. I'm also a soft black woman, a sweet black woman and a vulnerable black woman - and it's those narratives that come out again and again.Carina White and Natalie Duvall are worried about adultification
And it had already acted to ensure officers had a refreshed understanding of the policy around dealing with schools, ensuring children were treated as children.
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