The Whiteness Pandemic Behind the Racism Pandemic: Familial Whiteness Socialization in Minneapolis Following #GeorgeFloyd's Murder

被引:32
作者
Ferguson, Gail M. [1 ]
Eales, Lauren [1 ]
Gillespie, Sarah [1 ]
Leneman, Keira [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Minnesota Twin Cities, Inst Child Dev, 51 East River Rd,ChDev 160, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
racial socialization; White racial identity; racism; antiracism; Black Lives Matter; COLOR-BLIND; AMERICAN MOTHERS; RACE; PREJUDICE; ATTITUDES; BLACK; BIAS;
D O I
10.1037/amp0000874
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Family socialization into the centuries-old culture of Whiteness-involving colorblindness, passivity, and fragility-perpetrates and perpetuates U.S. racism, reflecting an insidious Whiteness pandemic. As a poignant case study, this mixed methods study examined Whiteness socialization among White mothers (N = 392, M = 37.99 years, SD = 4.34) in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the month following the May 2020 police killing of unarmed Black resident, George Floyd. Using Helms' (1984, 2017) White racial identity development theory (WRID), content analyses of qualitative responses classified participants into lower versus higher levels of WRID, after which thematic analyses compared their Whiteness socialization beliefs/values, attitudes, practices, and emotions, and analyses of variance compared their demographics, multiculturalism, and psychological distress. There was strong convergence across qualitative and quantitative findings and results aligned with the WRID model. Racially silent participants (i.e., no mention of Floyd's murder or subsequent events on open-ended questions: 53%) had lower multiculturalism scores and lower psychological distress. Among mothers who were racially responsive (i.e., mentioned Floyd's murder or subsequent events: 47%), those with more advanced WRID (17%) had higher multiculturalism scores; lower ethnic group protectiveness scores; a more effective coping style featuring empathy, moral outrage, and hope; more color- and power-conscious socialization beliefs/values; and more purposeful racial socialization practices than their less advanced peers (30%). Collectively, color-evasion and power-evasion-pathogens of the Whiteness pandemic-are inexorably transmitted within families, with White parents serving as carriers to their children unless they take active preventive measures rooted in antiracism and equity-promotion.
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页码:344 / 361
页数:18
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