Skin Color and Racial Socialization among African American College Students: A Descriptive Analysis
Racial socialization of African American youth has been found to be a buffer for some of the racial discrimination they face as youth. It denotes the manner by which parents communicate both unspoken and explicit messages or ideas about the significance of one’s nationality in a broader social cont...
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Racial socialization of African American youth has been found to be a buffer for some of the
racial discrimination they face as youth. It denotes the manner by which parents communicate
both unspoken and explicit messages or ideas about the significance of one’s nationality in a
broader social context. Considering the important factor of skin color in the racial socialization
of African American youth is needed as the world becomes increasingly multicultural. This study
provides a descriptive analysis of the attitudes based on parental preferences towards skin color
of a sample of African American college students in a rural university in the Southern United
States. Using Spearman’s Rho and MultiCrit framework, the analysis reveals a strong correlation
between parental preferences for a certain skin color and participants’ skin preferences.
Implications for social work and for the study of racial socialization are discussed.
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| spelling | doaj.art-42641349db8f46b497f412bf6c60fce62023-02-02T18:55:29ZengUniversity of WindsorCritical Social Work1543-93722021-08-0122110.22329/csw.v22i1.6897Skin Color and Racial Socialization among African American College Students: A Descriptive AnalysisJandel Crutchfeld0Latocia Keyes1J. Camille Hall2School of Social Work, University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Social Work, Tarleton State UniversityCollege of Social Work, The University of Tennessee Knoxville Racial socialization of African American youth has been found to be a buffer for some of the racial discrimination they face as youth. It denotes the manner by which parents communicate both unspoken and explicit messages or ideas about the significance of one’s nationality in a broader social context. Considering the important factor of skin color in the racial socialization of African American youth is needed as the world becomes increasingly multicultural. This study provides a descriptive analysis of the attitudes based on parental preferences towards skin color of a sample of African American college students in a rural university in the Southern United States. Using Spearman’s Rho and MultiCrit framework, the analysis reveals a strong correlation between parental preferences for a certain skin color and participants’ skin preferences. Implications for social work and for the study of racial socialization are discussed. https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw/article/view/6897skin color, colorism, racial socialization, MultiCrit theory, social workers |
| spellingShingle | Jandel Crutchfeld Latocia Keyes J. Camille Hall Skin Color and Racial Socialization among African American College Students: A Descriptive Analysis Critical Social Work skin color, colorism, racial socialization, MultiCrit theory, social workers |
| title | Skin Color and Racial Socialization among African American College Students: A Descriptive Analysis |
| title_full | Skin Color and Racial Socialization among African American College Students: A Descriptive Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Skin Color and Racial Socialization among African American College Students: A Descriptive Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Skin Color and Racial Socialization among African American College Students: A Descriptive Analysis |
| title_short | Skin Color and Racial Socialization among African American College Students: A Descriptive Analysis |
| title_sort | skin color and racial socialization among african american college students a descriptive analysis |
| topic | skin color, colorism, racial socialization, MultiCrit theory, social workers |
| url | https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw/article/view/6897 |
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