Conversations about race in Black and White US families: Before and after George Floyd’s death

Sullivan, Julie; Eberhardt, Jennifer L.; Roberts, Steven O.

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“…Finally, it is noteworthy that these data were collected over 10 years ago and recent events (e.g., the murder of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement) have amplified the broader cultural dialogue surrounding race and prejudice (Rogers et al., 2021; Sullivan et al., 2021). To the extent that these events have elevated concerns about being victimized by, or perpetrating, prejudice, this research is perhaps more applicable and relevant today than when the data were originally collected.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Believing that prejudice can change increases children's interest in interracial interactions

Pauker

Apfelbaum

Dweck

et al. 2022

Developmental Science

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Children begin interacting less across racial lines around middle childhood, but it remains unclear why. We examine the novel possibility that, at that time, children's prejudice theories-their understanding of prejudice as a fixed or malleable attributebegin to influence their desire for interracial affiliation. We devise immersive behavioral experiences to evaluate when and how prejudice theories affect interracial affiliation. Study 1 measured prejudice theories among 8-13-year-olds (N = 152; 76 White, 76 racial minority) and observed children in a newly-developed social interaction task.In line with our hypothesis, children older than 10 years with stronger malleableprejudice theories exhibited more interest and affiliation in a simulated cross-(vs. same-race) interaction, regardless of their preexisting prejudice level. Study 2 randomly assigned children to listen to a fixed-or malleable-prejudice theory story before engaging in a real, first-time interaction with a same-or cross-race partner at a different school via live video-stream (N = 150; 96 White, 54 racial minority). The malleable theory increased children's interest in further interaction with their cross-race partner. These findings highlight the promise of malleable-prejudice theories for sustaining positive interracial relationships during a critical developmental window-when the frequency of cross-race friendships typically declines.

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Believing that prejudice can change increases children's interest in interracial interactions

Pauker

Apfelbaum

Dweck

et al. 2022

Developmental Science

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“…Among BIPOC youth, messages specifically in relation to ethnicity and race have long been examined within the paradigm of ethnic‐racial socialization (Priest et al., 2014). Fewer researchers have studied the parallel messaging white youth receive (or do not receive), although research in this area is increasing (Hagerman, 2018; Hughes et al., 2008; Loyd & Gaither, 2018; Perry, 2002; Perry et al., 2019; Sullivan et al., 2021). A recent study (Ferguson et al., 2021) examined parental white racial socialization through the lens of the WRID model, finding that white mothers who espoused perspectives aligned with Phase 2 schemas were more likely to engage in race‐conscious parenting, whereas white mothers situated in Phase 1 schemas (who represented the majority of the sample) tended to engage racial colorblindness or remain silent on race‐related topics with their children.…”

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Studying Ethnic‐Racial Identity among White Youth: White Supremacy as a Developmental Context

Moffitt¹,

Rogers²

2022

J of Research on Adolesc

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As developmental scholars increasingly study ethnic and racial identity among white youth, careful reflection is needed regarding its framing, implementation, and interpretation. In this three‐part conceptual paper, we offer a foundation for such reflection. First, we discuss the sociocultural context of white supremacy that shapes U.S. society, psychology, and adolescent development, and situate the study of ethnic and racial identity among white youth within this context. Second, we consider Janet Helms’s White Racial Identity Development model, reviewing theory and research building on her argument that race—and whiteness, specifically—must be centered to achieve racial justice‐oriented scholarship on white identity. We conclude by offering four guiding insights for conducting critical research on racial identity development among white youth.

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“…Ethnographic studies have also found that when white parents discuss race with their children, they often emphasize color‐blind messages, intended to teach their children not to recognize race (Abaied & Perry, 2021; Hagerman, 2014; Pahlke et al., 2012; Sullivan et al., 2021; Vittrup, 2018). Color‐blindness is the belief that all people have equal opportunity regardless of race and is often expressed as ignoring race, at the cost of ignoring (or denying) systemic oppression of people of color and advantage for white people (Bonilla‐Silva, 2017).…”

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White Families' Communications About and Around Race: Conversations Between white Adolescents and Their Mothers

Cox

Hughes

Das

et al. 2022

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Though there is substantial research on racial socialization in families of color, there is less on such socialization in white families. To investigate racial socialization in white families, the current study analyzed mixed‐methods data from 46 mother‐adolescent dyads. Though white parents and their adolescent children largely claimed to not talk about race, they in fact communicated about and around race through various strategies that in effect, maintained white privilege and failed to challenge systems of racial oppression. Very few families in our sample discussed racial discrimination or white privilege, and fewer rooted both at the systems level. Our results highlight situations that prompt conversations about race as well as the ways white families talk about and around race and white privilege.

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Conversations about race in Black and White US families: Before and after George Floyd’s death

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Believing that prejudice can change increases children's interest in interracial interactions

Believing that prejudice can change increases children's interest in interracial interactions

Studying Ethnic‐Racial Identity among White Youth: White Supremacy as a Developmental Context

White Families' Communications About and Around Race: Conversations Between white Adolescents and Their Mothers

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