Living while Black

Bowen-Reid, Terra L.; Tulloch, Ingrid K.

doi:10.4324/9780429276613-4

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“…For instance, Black Americans are more likely to have comorbid health conditions and early mortality than White Americans ( Pascoe and Smart Richman, 2009 ; Paradies et al, 2015 ), and this disparity is exacerbated among Black Americans who live in settings with higher anti-Black racism (e.g., Bailey et al, 2017 ). Moreover, Black Americans’ psychological health has been attributed to experiences of discrimination ( Brown et al, 2000 ), to the extent that even witnessing anti-Black racism against others is associated with poor mental health outcomes ( Bowen-Reid and Tulloch, 2021 ; Sosoo et al, 2022 ).…”

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Black Americans suppress emotions when prejudice is believed to stem from shared ignorance

Chaney,

Pham,

Cipollina

2024

Front. Psychol.

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Past research examining lay theories of the origins of prejudice has focused on white Americans and has not considered how Black Americans’ lay theories of prejudice may impact emotion regulation following discrimination. Across three samples of Black Americans (N = 419), the present research examined relationships between endorsement of two lay theories of prejudice origins (1, beliefs that prejudice stems from shared social ignorance and 2, that prejudice stems from malice). Stronger beliefs that prejudice stems from shared ignorance were associated with greater expression suppression following experiences of racial discrimination (studies 1b and 2), which was, in turn, associated with psychological distress (study 2). By centering the beliefs and experiences of Black Americans in response to discrimination events, the present research has implications for understanding how emotion regulation following racial discrimination is impacted by marginalized groups’ conceptualizations of prejudice. Future research should investigate how these factors impact health disparities.

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