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“I thought, 'Well, why aren't Black girls voices and experiences being centered here, when they're the majority of people who are impacted by this crime?’" says director Sheri Shuster. "Again, it comes back to: victimhood is racially coded.” #HerDreamDeferred

In Los Angeles County, 92% of girls in the juvenile justice system identified as trafficking victims were African-American. https://rights4girls.org/wp-content/uploads/r4g/2015/02/African-American-Girls-and-Trafficking.pdf …

In King County (Seattle), WA, 45% of child victims of sex trafficking were African-American. https://humaninterests.seattle.gov/2019/12/27/talking-about-human-trafficking/#:~:text=Their%202019%20report%20shows%20that,general%20population%20of%20King%20County ….

“At this point in my life, I'm also really tired of the censoring and the feeling like I have to apologize for what I'm advocating for, when what I'm advocating for is for humanity.” - @leahjonet #HerDreamDeferred

A Georgetown study showed that adults view Black girls (in the age range of 5–14) as less innocent and more adult-like than their white peers. #HerDreamDeferred https://www.law.georgetown.edu/poverty-inequality-center/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/08/girlhood-interrupted.pdf …

People think of trafficking as force and kidnapping, says @leahjonet at #HerDreamDeferred. "I think that's an easier way for people to try to understand what happens, versus the intentional and insidious mental manipulation and the vulnerability of youth.”

“There is the problem of colorblindness in shaping interventions for trafficked children, but there is also a gender-[specific] approach to Black children at risk,” says @sandylocks. #HerDreamDeferred

“What is happening is that society is denying Black girl's humanity and then failing to protect their childhood, and then pathologizing their adaptive behaviors and punishing them for surviving.” @HollyJoshi1 #HerDreamDeferred