Responding to racism at school: Ethnic-racial socialization and the academic engagement of Black and Latinx youth |
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| Authors: | Kimberly R Osborne Ashley A Walsdorf Mia A Smith-Bynum Samantha Redig Dawn Brinkley Margaret Tresch Owen Margaret O’Brien Caughy |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA;2. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA;3. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA;4. University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA |
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| Abstract: | Guided by the Theory of Racial Socialization in Action (TRSA; Smith-Bynum in press), this study examined observed caregiver-provided ethnic-racial socialization in response to a school-based discriminatory dilemma. Forty-five Black and 36 Latinx caregivers (88% mothers) with low-income and their children (Mage = 11.09, SD = 0.29; 46.3% female) participated in Dallas, Texas from 2018 to 2019. Dyads responded to a hypothetical scenario in which a school counselor makes a discriminatory comment to the child. Results of a factor mixture analysis suggested that caregivers engaged in the dialogue using one of four approaches: Low-engaged, Legacy, Racial Literacy, or High-engaged. Profiles were found to differ significantly by the race/ethnicity and language of caregivers and were associated with youth’s concurrent behavioral engagement (R2 = .04). |
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