Logical Analysis Report

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Most felt the best way to achieve that goal was to avoid speaking with their children about race, racism and racial inequality. past or present.
For example, shortly after I began my research in 2014, Michael Brown, an African American teenager, was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo
Parents said they wished they could avoid having upsetting conversations with their children about race, but they feared doing so put their children at risk of bodily harm. In the wake of highly publicized incidents of police violence toward young males of color, these conversations increasingly also focus on how to safely negotiate interactions with the police.
Innocence erased: How society keeps black boys from being boys
Among the white parents I interviewed, the majority of whom were middle class, parents expressed a desire to raise non-racist white children
among others.
To make sense of this discrepancy, I've spent the past few years researching how white people think about race and racism and more specifically, how white parents verbally and nonverbally communicate racial messages to their children
in part by reinforcing the idea that whites exist "outside" of racial matters.
Other research corroborates this finding: Most white parents who speak with their children about race adopt a colorblind rhetoric, telling their children that people may "look different" but that "everyone is the same." They also emphasize the importance of treating "everyone the same." While these kinds of statements appear laudatory because they advance a racially egalitarian message, many sociologists point to what these statements ignore

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High Level Topics

CHILDREN

RACE

SOCIETY

AMERICANS

High Level Abstractions

CHILDREN(7, 0 Order)

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( CHILDREN, RACE )(4, 1st Order) top

( CHILDREN, VIOLENCE )(2, 1st Order) top

( CHILDREN, AFRICAN_AMERICANS )(2, 1st Order) top

( CHILDREN, VERBALLY )(1, 1st Order) top

( CHILDREN, UPSETTING )(1, 1st Order) top

( CHILDREN, TRAYVON_MARTIN )(1, 1st Order) top

( CHILDREN, SOCIOLOGISTS )(1, 1st Order) top

( CHILDREN, SOCIETY )(1, 1st Order) top

( CHILDREN, SHORTLY )(1, 1st Order) top

( CHILDREN, SHOOTING )(1, 1st Order) top

( CHILDREN, RISK )(1, 1st Order) top

( CHILDREN, PERPETUAL )(1, 1st Order) top

RACE(9, 0 Order)

( RACE )(9, 0 Order) top

( RACE, WHITENESS )(1, 1st Order) top

( RACE, VERBALLY )(1, 1st Order) top

( RACE, UNDERSTANDINGS )(1, 1st Order) top

( RACE, STRATIFICATION )(1, 1st Order) top

( RACE, SOCIOLOGISTS )(1, 1st Order) top

( RACE, SHORTLY )(1, 1st Order) top

( RACE, RACIALIZED )(2, 1st Order) top

( RACE, PRODUCT )(1, 1st Order) top

( RACE, POLICIES )(1, 1st Order) top

( RACE, NONVERBALLY )(2, 1st Order) top

( RACE, MICHAEL_BROWN )(1, 1st Order) top

SOCIETY(2, 0 Order)

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AMERICANS(3, 0 Order)

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References

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To make sense of this discrepancy, I've spent the past few years researching how white people think about race and racism and more specifically, how white parents verbally and nonverbally communicate racial messages to their children
(Read more) topParents said they wished they could avoid having upsetting conversations with their children about race, but they feared doing so put their children at risk of bodily harm. In the wake of highly publicized incidents of police violence toward young males of color, these conversations increasingly also focus...
(Read more) topMost felt the best way to achieve that goal was to avoid speaking with their children about race, racism and racial inequality. past or present.
For example, shortly after I began my research in 2014, Michael Brown, an African American teenager, was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white...
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Other research corroborates this finding: Most white parents who speak with their children about race adopt a colorblind rhetoric, telling their children that people may "look different" but that "everyone is the same." They also emphasize the importance of treating "everyone the...
( CHILDREN, VIOLENCE ) top
(Read more) top... they could avoid having upsetting conversations with their children about race, but they feared doing so put their children at risk of bodily harm. In the wake of highly publicized incidents of police violence toward young males of color, these conversations increasingly also focus on how to safely negotiate interactions with the police.
Innocence erased: How society keeps black boys from being boys
Among...
(Read more) topDespite this, almost none of the parents I interviewed spoke with their children about the incident, or the ensuing protests. They also remained silent about the topic of police violence toward African Americans.
( CHILDREN, AFRICAN_AMERICANS ) top
(Read more) topInstead they will be confronted with images that position African Americans as criminals, Asians as perpetual foreigners and Latinos as illegal immigrants.
Parents of color also proactively speak with their children about racism
(Read more) topDespite this, almost none of the parents I interviewed spoke with their children about the incident, or the ensuing protests. They also remained silent about the topic of police violence toward African Americans.
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To make sense of this discrepancy, I've spent the past few years researching how white people think about race and racism and more specifically, how white parents verbally and nonverbally communicate racial messages to their children. What I learned was that white parents often refrain from speaking with their children about race, racism and racial inequality
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(Read more) topWe see this protective racial logic in results from a survey of 104 black parents conducted after the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Parents said they wished they could avoid having upsetting conversations with their children about race, but they feared doing so put their children at risk of bodily harm
( CHILDREN, TRAYVON_MARTIN ) top
(Read more) topWe see this protective racial logic in results from a survey of 104 black parents conducted after the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Parents said they wished they could avoid having upsetting conversations with their children about race, but they feared doing so put their children at risk of bodily harm
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(Read more) top... is the same." They also emphasize the importance of treating "everyone the same." While these kinds of statements appear laudatory because they advance a racially egalitarian message, many sociologists point to what these statements ignore.
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Innocence erased: How society keeps black boys from being boys
Among the white parents I interviewed, the majority of whom were middle class, parents expressed a desire to raise non-racist white children
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For example, shortly after I began my research in 2014, Michael Brown, an African American teenager, was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo
( CHILDREN, SHOOTING ) top
(Read more) topWe see this protective racial logic in results from a survey of 104 black parents conducted after the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Parents said they wished they could avoid having upsetting conversations with their children about race, but they feared doing so put their children at risk of bodily harm
( CHILDREN, RISK ) top
(Read more) topParents said they wished they could avoid having upsetting conversations with their children about race, but they feared doing so put their children at risk of bodily harm. In the wake of highly publicized incidents of police violence toward young males of color, these conversations increasingly also focus on how to safely negotiate interactions with the...
( CHILDREN, PERPETUAL ) top
(Read more) topInstead they will be confronted with images that position African Americans as criminals, Asians as perpetual foreigners and Latinos as illegal immigrants.
Parents of color also proactively speak with their children about racism
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( RACE, WHITENESS ) top
(Read more) top What is there to say." White parents'surprised responses underscore how whiteness and white privilege are often invisible to whites.
Whites, like people of color, are racialized
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To make sense of this discrepancy, I've spent the past few years researching how white people think about race and racism and more specifically, how white parents verbally and nonverbally communicate racial messages to their children.
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(Read more) topThus, what escapes white understandings of race and racism is that white privilege exists irrespective of whether whites believe that they as individuals have taken active steps to discriminate against or exclude people of color
( RACE, STRATIFICATION ) top
(Read more) topenduring systems of stratification that privilege whites and disadvantage people of color.
Like many white Americans, these white parents understand racism as a product of discriminatory thinking or overt, individual acts of racism...
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Whites, like people of color, are racialized. meaning that they grow up learning about race and what it means to be white from a variety of sources: their schools, neighborhoods, peer groups and families, among others
(Read more) top... whites from seeing or understanding how race positively or negatively influences people's social environments or their life chances. It also hinders whites from developing an awareness of themselves as racialized beings and as members of a privileged racial group.
As research demonstrates, identity development is relational
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Like many white Americans, these white parents understand racism as a product of discriminatory thinking or overt, individual acts of racism rather than as a structure of inequality in which racism is embedded within the policies and procedures of American institutions and organizations
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(Read more) top... Americans, these white parents understand racism as a product of discriminatory thinking or overt, individual acts of racism rather than as a structure of inequality in which racism is embedded within the policies and procedures of American institutions and organizations. This focus on individual thoughts and actions diverts attention away from how race is embedded in the social structure of the United States...
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To make sense of this discrepancy, I've spent the past few years researching how white people think about race and racism and more specifically, how white parents verbally and nonverbally communicate racial messages to their children.
(Read more) top ... discussions, or the lack thereof, are not the only way that affluent and middle-class white parents teach their children about race. White parents also communicate important racial messages to their children nonverbally. As sociologist Margaret Hagerman argues in her new book, "White Kids," white parents'decision about the best neighborhood to raise a family or enroll their children in school shapes the social...
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For example, shortly after I began my research in 2014, Michael Brown, an African American teenager, was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo
( SOCIETY ) top
(Read more) top... their life experiences and outcomes, while many white people downplayed the significance of race and racism. As an academic, I was troubled by how many white respondents minimized racism in contemporary society, despite a vast body of scholarship showing persistent racial inequality in the areas of income, wealth and homeownership
(Read more) top... publicized incidents of police violence toward young males of color, these conversations increasingly also focus on how to safely negotiate interactions with the police. Innocence erased: How society keeps black boys from being boys Among the white parents I interviewed, the majority of whom were middle class, parents expressed a desire to raise non-racist white children
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(Read more) topenduring systems of stratification that privilege whites and disadvantage people of color. Like many white Americans, these white parents understand racism as a product of discriminatory thinking or overt, individual acts of racism rather than as a structure of inequality in which racism is embedded within the policies...
(Read more) top ... enroll their children in school shapes the social context in which white children develop an understanding about members of their own racial group and members of outside racial groups. Most white Americans grow up in majority white environments where they have few neighbors, classmates or friends of color
(Read more) top... surprising. Here's what's important to remember: White parents have a powerful role to play in facilitating racial change. However, if racial change is to be achieved, it will require that all Americans recognize that they must be intentional parents when it comes to race. For white parents, this means admitting that they, as white people, are deeply implicated in racial matters