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    1 year ago

    Adultificaton is a common racial bias where people see black children as older than they are, it results in a number of problems for those children.

    I have fallen for this bias, as a largely unconscious bias we all can fall for it. I think one of the things we can do is self check when it happens to us and point it out when others perpetuate it.