Our review, situated within the context of the United States, explores how societal forces shape youths’ racial socialization processes. Specifically, we explore how youths learn beliefs about race through interactions with their environment, how these processes affect youths’ engagement with race in multiple contexts, and how they contribute to the perpetuation and dismantling of racial inequality. First, we discuss key psychological theories that inform our understanding of racial socialization. Second, we discuss how families, peers, media, and environmental cues shape racial socialization processes. Finally, we discuss interventions to enhance racial socialization and offer directions for future psychological research to advance our understanding of both racial and broader socialization processes in the United States and internationally.

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美国的种族社会化


我们的评论位于美国的背景下，探讨了社会力量如何影响青少年的种族社会化过程。具体来说，我们探讨了青少年如何通过与环境的互动来学习有关种族的信念，这些过程如何影响青少年在多种情况下与种族的互动，以及它们如何促进种族不平等的延续和消除。首先，我们讨论了为我们理解种族社会化提供信息的关键心理学理论。其次，我们讨论了家庭、同龄人、媒体和环境线索如何影响种族社会化过程。最后，我们讨论了加强种族社会化的干预措施，并为未来的心理学研究提供了方向，以促进我们对美国和国际上种族和更广泛的社会化过程的理解。