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How age and race affect the frequency, timing, and content of conversations about race with children

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ID21302007
AuthorsJessica Sullivan (0000-0002-3843-3712, Skidmore College, corresponding author), Leigh S Wilton (0000-0001-9029-4505, Skidmore College), Leigh Wilton (Skidmore College), Evan P Apfelbaum (0000-0002-1941-4700, Boston University)
Year2022
Volume93
Issue3
Pages633-652
Publication date2022-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/cdev.13787
PMID35587879
OpenAlexW4280546565
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited69

Anti-racist efforts require talking with children about race. The present work tested the predictors of U.S. adults' (N = 441; 52% female; 32% BIPOC participants; Mage = 35 years) conversations about race with children across two timepoints in 2019. Approximately 60% of adult participants talked to their children (3–12 years) about race during the preceding week; only 29% talked to other adults about race during the same period. This paper describes the content and predictors of conversations about race, revealing how conversations differ depending on the participant's race, a child's age, and whether the conversation occurs with children or another adult. These data have important implications for theorizing about when, why, and how adults actually talk about race with children and adults

Affect (linguistics) · Conversation · Developmental psychology · Race (biology) · Sociology · Communication · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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