In police shootings, race might not be part of the set of facts. But that doesn’t mean it’s not there.

The study found that negative stereotypes of Black women as angry, aggressive and hypersexualized are projected onto Black girls. The process is linked to harsher treatment for Black girls than White girls. Black girls are nearly three times as likely to be referred to the juvenile justice system than their White peers, are suspended from school five times as often as White girls, and experience less empathy than their White peers. In an adult cop’s eyes, Black girls will stab. How many angry White girls get shot down by police?