Racial stories as learning moments

An ecological exploration of Black adolescents’ racial learning experiences

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ID10220191
AuthorsJon Alexander Watford (0000-0002-6451-8349, New York University New York New York USA, corresponding author), Diane Hughes (0000-0002-0075-7850), Diane L Hughes (0000-0002-2605-1186, New York University New York New York USA), Sohini Das (0000-0001-6091-8276, New York University New York New York USA), Trenel Francis (New York University New York New York USA), Trenel E Francis (New York University), Olga Pagan (0000-0002-7229-3178, New York University New York New York USA), Caitlin Keryc (New York University New York New York USA), Blair Cox (New York University New York New York USA), Niobe Way (0000-0002-7066-3884, New York University New York New York USA)
Year2021
Volume77
Issue4
Pages1149-1173
Publication date2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/josi.12497
OpenAlexW4200063871
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited48

Youth in the United States receive countless messages about the meanings and consequences of racial group membership. The processes through which these racialized messages are transmitted, known collectively as ethnic‐racial socialization, are known to influence youths’ psychosocial and academic development—especially their ethnic‐racial identity. However, most studies have focused exclusively on parents’ roles in the ethnic‐racial socialization process. In the present study, drawing on semi‐structured interviews with 64 Black adolescents, we examined youths’ descriptions of their experiences with (and understandings of) race to provide an “up‐close” view of the sources and processes involved in ethnic‐racial socialization. In addition to providing further evidence of the roles of parents and school curricula in shaping youths’ racial beliefs, results suggested that ethnic‐racial socialization messages frequently emerged from youths’ direct and vicarious exposure to racial discrimination and inequality in the schools they attended, the public places they visited, and in the media they consumed

Curriculum · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Identity (music · Pedagogy · Psychosocial · Race (biology · Racial formation theory · Racism · Socialization · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Studies · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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