Promoting Color Brave Conversations in Families: A Public Health Strategy to Advance Racial Equity

项目总结/摘要 关于种族社会化实践的研究主要在有色人种家庭中进行， 在非白人儿童中，围绕种族认同发展制定了流行模式。那里 缺乏关于我们如何在家庭中利用种族社会化实践的研究， 白色家庭，以促进对种族，种族主义和儿童反种族主义的批判性理解-作为一个 减少种族偏见的手段，鼓励亲社会行为和种族同情，并改善社会/情感 儿童的福祉，包括积极的同伴关系和互动。有限的科学 研究父母在防止种族主义和培养反种族主义儿童方面可发挥的作用。这 该项目是创新的，改变了干预种族主义的典型范式，这主要是如何 有色人种的家庭使他们的孩子免受种族主义的影响;例如，通过种族社会化实践 灌输积极的自我概念，并为种族歧视做好准备。我们建议另一种方法- 一个立足于干预家庭以防止种族主义犯罪的国家是有道理的。 我们建议招募一个全国性的父母和他们的K-2年级的孩子样本。定性数据 将增强我们干预计划的科学基础-一个多模块的应用程序， 指导父母与孩子进行“勇敢的颜色”（而不是色盲）对话。我们测试的 使用严格的随机注意/等待列表对照试验设计进行干预。的设计 干预措施的依据是研究表明，在儿童中， 成员，包括替代参与，可以防止或减少反外群体偏见，特别是，当 接触是基于共同的目标，合作而不是竞争，并得到外部权威的支持。 我们收集了广泛的措施，使用混合的方法，通过一个一个的采访与家长， 孩子和二元访谈。通过可下载的应用程序调整干预措施， 可扩展性，从而产生更大的潜力，产生广泛的社会影响。 这项工作扩大了种族社会化实践如何增加种族歧视的科学范围。 同情心，包括白色儿童。该项目旨在减少种族主义的犯罪，这是一个 记录了有色人种儿童经历的社会和健康危害。它还旨在加强对以下方面的支持 旨在实现健康和社会公平的反种族主义做法和政策。这个项目的最终目标 研究的目的是促进培养和动员反种族主义伙伴，并帮助发展一个 协调一致地努力消除种族主义和种族主义结构。这种干预可能是更广泛的， 为消除种族主义和处理其后果作出代际和社会的全面努力。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Research on racial socialization practices has been primarily conducted in families of color, and prevailing models have been developed around racial identity development among non-White children. There is a paucity of research on how we can leverage racial socialization practices in families, and in particular White families, to promote critical understandings about race, racism, and anti-racism among children—as a means to reduce racial bias, encourage prosocial behaviors and racial empathy, and improve social/emotional well-being among children, including positive peer relationships and interactions. There is limited scientific research on the role that parents can have in preventing racism and developing anti-racist children. This project is innovative by shifting the typical paradigm of intervening on racism, which has mostly been on how families of color buffer their children from racist experiences; for instance, through racial socialization practices to instill positive self-concept, and preparation for racial discrimination. We posit that an alternative approach— one that is grounded in intervening on families to prevent the perpetration of racism—is warranted. We propose recruiting a national sample of parents and their K-2nd grade children. Qualitative data from focus groups will enhance the scientific basis for our intervention program—a multi-module app that guides parents in having “Color Brave” (as opposed to colorblind) conversations with their children. We test the intervention using a rigorous randomized attention/wait-list controlled trial design. The design of the intervention is based on research indicating that among children, positive intergroup contact with outgroup members, including vicarious engagement, can prevent or reduce anti-outgroup bias, in particular, when contact is based on common goals, cooperation rather than competition, and supported by external authorities. We collect a broad range of measures using mixed-methods, through one-one-one interviews with parents and children and dyadic interviews. Adapting the intervention for delivery via a downloadable app facilitates scalability resulting in greater potential to have wide social impact. This work expands the scope of the science on how racial socialization practices can increase racial empathy, including among White children. This project aims to reduce the perpetration of racism, which is a documented societal and health hazard experienced by children of color. It also aims to enhance support for anti-racist practices and policies aimed at achieving health and social equity. The eventual goal of this research is to contribute to the cultivation and mobilization of anti-racist partners, and to help develop a concerted effort to dismantle racism and racist structures. This intervention may be part of a broader, comprehensive intergenerational and societal effort to eliminate racism and address its consequences.