PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in School by Monique Morris

PUSHOUT:THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACK GIRLS IN SCHOOLS is a feature length documentary which takes a close look at the educational, judicial and societal disparities facing Black Girls. Inspired by the groundbreaking book of the same name by renowned scholar, Monique W. Morris, Ed.D. The documentary confronts the ways in which the misunderstanding of Black girlhood has led to excessive punitive discipline which in turn disrupts one of the most important factors in their lives, their education. Black girls in school are six times more likely than white girls to be suspended, 3 times more likely to receive 1 or more in-school suspensions than white female students, 3 times more likely than white female students to be restrained, 2 times more likely to receive corporal punishment than white female students, 4 times more likely to be arrested than white female students, and 3 times more likely to be referred to la…