Throughout the film, you hear from young black women who explain how their treatment in school pushed them to the edge. Morris, founder of the National Black Women’s Justice Institute and the executive director of Grantmakers for Girls of Color, set out to change that.Ī new documentary, “ Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools,” takes viewers into the journeys of five black female students who have confronted, and overcome, the school “pushout” phenomenon, which is most often associated with black boys. But they say that in the national dialogue around school discipline, young black girls have remained largely unseen and unheard. It offered a glimpse into what many young black girls in America have long experienced in school.įor years, a small band of female organizers and researchers has been gathering evidence that young black girls are among the most harshly disciplined and overcriminalized student groups in the country. The scene was captured on a body camera, and the footage was obtained and published by the Orlando Sentinel earlier this year. “Please, give me a second chance,” the girl cried, as she was escorted to the police car. “No, don’t put handcuffs on!” she pleaded through tears, before she was led out of her school for a “temper tantrum” staff members said she had thrown earlier that day. “What are those for?” the 6-year-old girl asked the police officer who pulled out zip ties that he would soon fasten around her wrists. The tiny voice sent shock waves across the nation.
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