A recent study by the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality partially explained why this disparity is taking place when they confirmed that black girls experience a specific type of age compression, where they're seen as more adult-like than their white peers.
Un studiu recent condus de Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality explică parțial  de ce are loc această inegalitate când confirmă că fetele negre trec printr-o anumită comprimare a vârstei, fiind privite ca fiind „mai adulte” decât colegele lor albe.