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Racial identity development defines an individual's attitudes about self-identity, and directly affects the individual's attitudes about other individuals both within their racial group(s) and others. Racial identity development often requires individuals to interact with concepts of inequality and racism that shape racial understandings in the US.
With some few exceptions, ethnic and racial identity development is associated positively with good psychological outcomes, psychosocial outcomes (e.g., better self-beliefs, less depressive symptoms), academic outcomes (e.g., better engagement in school), and health outcomes (e.g., less risk of risky sexual behavior or drug use).
Ethnicity is often constructed either as an amalgam national identity or as something reserved for the indigenous groups so that ethnic identity is something that members of indigenous groups have in addition to their national identity. Racial and ethnic discrimination is common in Latin America where socio-economic status generally correlates ...
In one sense, Latinos are like other groups, many ethnic Catholics, whose assimilation shaped the development of the United States at the turn of the last century.
Former President Trump’s election to a second, nonconsecutive term instantly rewrote the playbook for pursuing the Hispanic electorate, burying immigration and identity politics as gateway ...
Racial and ethnic categories used by the U.S. government reflect their times. In 1820, the category “Free Colored People” was added to the decennial census to reflect the increase in free ...
This study was conducted by four psychologists and "explored essential themes of racial identity development among 10 self-identified multiracial adults from a variety of backgrounds." In the study, participants were chosen through a half-structured protocol, [clarification needed] interviewed in a recorded session. Four themes were identified ...
Maria P. P. Root (born September 13, 1955) [1] is a clinical psychologist, educator, and public speaker based in Seattle, Washington.Her areas of work include multiracial families, multiracial identity, cultural competence, trauma, workplace harassment, and disordered eating.