“Black children in the United States... are much more likely to report high self-esteem and have the smallest gender gap. By twelfth grade, African American students are the only subgroup in which girls have higher self-esteem than boys do... What matters appears to be parental support for a girl's staying true, first and foremost, to herself, and community honesty about discrimination and building resilience to that discrimination.” Self EsteemBlack GirlsAfrican American Girls Book:Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger Source: Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger