scholarly journals EMBRace: Developing a Racial Socialization Intervention to Reduce Racial Stress and Enhance Racial Coping among Black Parents and Adolescents

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riana E. Anderson ◽  
Monique C. McKenny ◽  
Howard C. Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Racial Socialization ◽  
Black Parents ◽  
Racial Stress

Sociodemographic and Environmental Correlates of Racial Socialization by Black Parents

1990 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Thornton ◽  
Linda M. Chatters ◽  
Robert Joseph Taylor ◽  
Walter R. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Racial Socialization ◽  
Black Parents ◽  
Environmental Correlates

scholarly journals Parenting in the Shadow of Ferguson: Racial Socialization Practices in Context

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Threlfall
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Racial Socialization ◽  
Black Parents ◽  
Black Teenager ◽  
Racial Context ◽  
Individual Achievement

Black parents have long faced the task of explaining the meaning of race to their children and preparing them for racist experiences. This qualitative study examines racial socialization practices in the context of a specific racialized event: the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri. Data were gathered from 18 Black parents and adolescents living in the St. Louis region in the weeks immediately following the event. Four types of practices were identified: Parents taught their children about the racial context from which the events emerged; they taught their sons strategies to avoid danger and that their lives are valued; they emphasized dissimilarity between their children and those engaging in violent protest; and they encouraged their children to overcome discrimination through individual achievement.

scholarly journals Hands Up, Now What?: Black Families’ Reactions to Racial Socialization Interventions

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 93-109
Author(s):  
Riana Elyse Anderson ◽  
Isha Metzger ◽  
Kimberly Applewhite ◽  
Broderick Sawyer ◽  
William Jackson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Racial Socialization ◽  
Black Americans ◽  
Black Families ◽  
Black Communities ◽  
Family Learning ◽  
Predominantly Black ◽  
Protective Mechanisms ◽  
Psychological Wellness ◽  
Racial Stress

Given the heightened national attention to negative race-related issues and the subsequent community solution-oriented outcry (e.g., Black Lives Matter movement), it is crucial to address healing from racial discrimination for Black Americans. Clinical and community psychologists have responded by developing and implementing programs that focus on racial socialization and psychological wellness, particularly given disproportionate issues with utilization, access, and the provision of quality services within urban and predominantly Black communities. The aim of this article is to describe 2 applied programs (Engaging, Managing, and Bonding through Race and Family Learning Villages), which seek to address and heal racial stress through crucial proximal systems—families and schools—and to highlight participant reactions. These programs offer solutions through strengths-based and participatory approaches which draw from Black Americans’ own protective mechanisms related to improved mental health. We conclude with a discussion on practice, assessments, and models specific to racial stress for researchers, practitioners, and consumers of mental health services.

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