Abstract
Ethnic and racial minority youths in the United States are at risk for experiencing unfair treatment and other forms of marginalization based on their ethnic-racial background. The current article discusses the prevalence of perceived ethnic-racial discrimination among ethnic-racial minority children and adolescents in the United States, provides an overview of the potentially negative consequences of such experiences for youth, and explains how youths’ ethnic-racial identity may protect against the negative effects of ethnic-racial discrimination.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 111-118 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Current Directions in Psychological Science |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- adolescents
- African American
- Asian American
- children
- discrimination
- ethnic
- Latino
- Native American
- racial
- racism
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Psychology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Developmental and Educational Psychology