Race plays an important role in how people think, develop, and behave. In the current
article, we queried more than 26,000 empirical articles published between 1974 and 2018 in …

Racial inequality is a foundational feature of the criminal justice system in the United States.
Here we offer a psychological account for how Americans have come to tolerate a system …

American racism is alive and well. In this essay, we amass a large body of classic and
contemporary research across multiple areas of psychology (eg, cognitive, developmental …

In the United States, White samples are often portrayed as if their racial identities were
inconsequential to their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and research findings derived …

Trauma is prevalent among children and adolescents, with youth of color generally reporting
greater exposure compared to White youth. One factor that may account for this difference is …

Youth experiencing systemic oppression (s) face heightened challenges to wellbeing.
Critical consciousness, comprised of reflection, motivation, and action against oppression …

Ethnic racial identity and critical consciousness frame how youth of color understand
themselves in their racialized worlds. Although both may be salient in the lives of youth of …

Highlights• Youth engage in dynamic, multifaceted forms of sociopolitical action.•
Sociopolitical action is shaped by sociopolitical and sociocultural experiences.• …

Engagement in youth activism has been linked to both positive and negative wellbeing.
Drawing on survey results from a sample of 636 youth participants in the ACLU Advocacy …

The current study examines how experiences of institutional and cultural racial
discrimination relate to orientations toward activism in the Black community among Black …