Homicide is a leading cause of death in kids, and rates are rising, study finds | CNN

Earlier studies have shown that the racial disparities may be attributed in part to racism and the system-based inequities of the neighborhoods many children live in, with high concentrations of poverty, few safe places to play and underfunded school systems. 

These neighborhoods are also run by authority figures who -- due to unconscious bias -- dehumanize these children and perceive them as "less childlike and innocent" and "as more culpable for their actions," with "fewer childhood protections and benefit compared to their White peers," the new study says...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/health/homicide-child-death/index.html