The goal of this supplement is to expand the extant literature about racism's toxic effects on the nation's youngest children– infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. The supplement contains articles that (a) focus on how racism is manifested in early care and education systems, policies, and programs, (b) demonstrate how racism influences the economic and community contexts children live in, and (c) highlight the cultural assets racially and ethnically marginalized families and communities use to cope with—and resist—racism. In this introduction, we summarize the key findings from the articles, discuss their contributions, and identify additional opportunities for future studies to expand on. Recommendations are provided about how knowledge from this battery of work can be translated into policy, practice, and future research efforts to advance racial equity in the early years and to transform those oppressive systems thwarting racially and ethnically marginalized children's optimal development and their ability to thrive.

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增刊导言：推进关于早期种族主义影响的发展科学


本增刊的目标是扩展有关种族主义对该国最年幼的儿童（婴儿、幼儿和学龄前儿童）的有害影响的现有文献。该增刊包含的文章 （a） 关注种族主义如何在早期护理和教育系统、政策和计划中表现出来，（b） 展示种族主义如何影响儿童生活的经济和社区环境，以及 （c） 突出种族和民族边缘化家庭和社区用来应对和抵制种族主义的文化资产。在这篇引言中，我们总结了这些文章的主要发现，讨论了它们的贡献，并为未来的研究确定了更多扩展的机会。就如何将这一系列工作中的知识转化为政策、实践和未来的研究工作提供了建议，以促进早期的种族平等，并改变那些阻碍种族和民族边缘化儿童最佳发展和茁壮成长能力的压迫制度。