Table 2.
Racial Socialization Messages Endorsed Among Parents Who Did vs. Did Not Discuss Current Events Involving Racism
| Study 1: 2019 | Study 2: 2020 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Police Brutality Against Black Youth | White Supremacy in America | Total | May/June Protests Against Police Brutality Toward Black Americans | Deaths of Black Americans Killed by Police | |||||
| Was the event discussed? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
| N = 123 | n = 54 | n = 69 | n = 58 | n = 64 | N = 104 | n = 82 | n = 22 | n = 79 | n = 25 | |
| Color conscious messages | ||||||||||
| Acknowledging racism | 54.5% | 57.4% | 31.9% | 31% | 25% | 26.9% | 23.2% | 9.1% | 15.2% | 8.0% |
| Color‐blind messages | ||||||||||
| Color evasion | 4.9% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 3.4% | 4.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Power evasion | 34.1% | 3.3% | 43.5% | 5.2% | 25% | 27.9% | 20.7% | 27.3% | 16.5% | 16% |
| Other messages | ||||||||||
| Endorsing equal treatment | 19.5% | 5.6% | 8.7% | 19% | 10.9% | 12.5% | 12.2% | 4.5% | 3.8% | 0.0% |
| References to Whiteness | 35.8% | 18.5% | 4.3% | 12.1% | 7.8% | 6.7% | 7.3% | 0.0% | 2.5% | 0.0% |