STEREOTYPING AFRICAN AMERICANS’ RACIAL IDENTITY ON VALERIE MARTIN’S PROPERTY

The Impact of Racial Trauma on African Americans

This paper outlines a psychological perspective that can be used to understand the impact of racial experiences on the functioning of African Americans in the United States. A principle aim of psychology is to understand individual variation in functioning by using theories, research, and broad hypotheses that explain and predict human functioning and apply them to understand specific behaviors...

Racial identity, social context, and race-related social cognition in African Americans during middle childhood.

This study examined the effect of changes in racial identity, cross-race friendships, same-race friendships, and classroom racial composition on changes in race-related social cognition from 3rd to 5th grade for 73 African American children. The goal of the study was to determine the extent to which preadolescent racial identity and social context predict expectations of racial discrimination i...

Racial Identity and Religiosity: An Examination of Well-Being in Middle Aged African Americans

Multidimensional model of racial identity: a reconceptualization of African American racial identity.

Research on African American racial identity has utilized 2 distinct approaches. The mainstream approach has focused on universal properties associated with ethnic and racial identities. In contrast, the underground approach has focused on documenting the qualitative meaning of being African American, with an emphasis on the unique cultural and historical experiences of African Americans. The M...

Racial Discrimination in Health Care Among African Americans in America