Fostering anti-racism in white children and youth: Development within contexts.

This article presents a developmental model of anti-racism among White children and youth. Informed by a structural-psychological framework (Syed & McLean, 2021), the model proposes that anti-racist development is inseparable from the structures and systems that uphold racial inequality in the United States. In articulating the processes by which children and early adolescents move toward becoming anti-racist, the model emphasizes foundational abilities (e.g., socio-cognitive skills and moral development), a developing sense of self and society (e.g., recognition of racism and understanding of White privilege), and the importance of anti-racism action and promotive contexts (especially within schools and families). This paper concludes with advancing a research agenda for developmental scientists studying the development of anti-racism among White children and youth and implications for parents, practitioners, and educators. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

• Publication year

  2022

• Venue

  American Psychologist

• Publication date

  2022-02-10

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1037/amp0000948PMID 35143237
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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