At age 15, I, a Black child, discovered that adults and peers I thought knew and cared about me presumed that I had been sexually active for at least a decade, so 5 years old.
I also learned what we now call “The Streisand Effect”, that denial that is NOT who and what I am actually made it far worse.
We strangely fetishize youth while overtly demonizing and devaluing the young, and if you're a Black or Indigenous child, then it's doubly so.
Grow Up! Why does everyone hate children?
Sarah & Neil from #TheLeftistCooks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy53s5b3xkA