McKenzie Stokes (Doctoral Candidate, Applied Social & Community Psychology) will present a series of papers that highlight the importance of racial socialization (e.g., parent-child communication about race) for monoracial and biracial Black youth.
In the first paper, McKenzie employs an intersectional lens to understand how general and gendered racial messages shape Black girls’ perceptions about being Black, and the implications this has on their mental health.
In the final two papers, McKenzie shares the data and preliminary findings from her dissertation, which includes: (1) a meta-ethnographic review of the qualitative literature on racial socialization in multiracial Black-White families, (2) qualitative interviews with biracial Black-White teenagers, and (3) a national cross-sectional survey of the racial socialization experiences of biracial Black-White teenagers.
Free and Open to the Community via Zoom
This project has received funding from the Society for Community Research and Action, Society for Research on Child Development, and the American Psychological Association.