Social scientists have found that this misperception causes black children to be “pushed out, overpoliced and underprotected,” according to a report by the legal scholar Kimberlé W. Crenshaw.
Evidence part of BEAM concept that shows why black children are perceived to be more mature and how this happens.
The minstrel version of Topsy, a character in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” turned into the pickaninny.
The cover of Uncle Tom's cabin depicts Topsy as crazy looking (messy hair, weird pose, yelling) even though she is just a child
the more they depicted children of color, especially black children, as unconstrained imps.
Racism has roots in our culture and was spread onto people through the use of propaganda portraying black children as wild and uncontrollable compared to the innocent white children they would portray.