In the United States, race is a critical factor in determining how children experience and
navigate their social worlds. Developmental scientists have examined the complexities and …

It is remarkable how quickly and efficiently children develop notions of race and racial
differences. Racial status is one of the first social categories young children learn, probably …

This chapter focuses on two important mechanisms through which racial learning occurs:
children's experiences of discrimination across multiple settings and messages that children …

Teaching and talking about race and ethnicity with children and adults is especially
important in racially diverse societies. This process has been coined racial/ethnic …

In order to capture the complexity of race and ethnicity in children's social world, several
theoretical perspectives have been applied, including evolutionary, developmental, and …

The treatment of race has been debated within all major societal institutions (eg, business,
government, and military organizations). Such debates have occurred regularly within the …

Despite the potential benefits of children's confrontations of other children's racial biases—
especially for targets of bias—little is known about how young children react upon observing …

Abstract Most research on African Americans focuses on self-concept and/or racial identity
but too often ignores developmental readiness, parental racial socialization, and societal …

Children's perspectives on race and their own racialized experiences are often overlooked
in traditional social scientific race scholarship. From psychological and child development …

Social science research has shown us for decades that young children notice racial
differences at very young ages and learn societal rules about race throughout childhood …