New York University.
Hunter College.
J Res Adolesc. 2022 Sep;32(3):896-918. doi: 10.1111/jora.12774. Epub 2022 Jun 16.
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.
尽管有大量关于有色人种家庭中种族社会化的研究，但关于白人家庭中这种社会化的研究却较少。为了研究白人家庭中的种族社会化，本研究分析了来自 46 对母子的混合方法数据。尽管白人父母和他们的青少年子女大多声称不谈论种族问题，但他们实际上通过各种策略来交流和处理种族问题，这些策略实际上维护了白人特权，未能挑战种族压迫制度。在我们的样本中，很少有家庭讨论种族歧视或白人特权，更少的家庭从制度层面探讨这些问题。我们的研究结果突出了引发关于种族问题对话的情况，以及白人家庭谈论和处理种族问题以及白人特权的方式。
