Title

Racialization In Public And Private: Memories Of First Racial Experiences

Keywords

Child socialization; Race; Race identity; Racialization; Whiteness

Abstract

Research suggests retention of childhood memories into adulthood requires such memories to hold a certain amount of importance. Therefore, initial racial memories likely play a role in one's racialization process, or formulation of an understanding of race. This study uses data from 49 in-depth interviews with white undergraduate students on memories of their first experiences of race. Data generally fell into the categories of private and public racialization. Private racialization included accounts of events that took place at home, primarily consisting of racist joking, derogatory comments, and family storytelling. Public racialization consisted of events that took place outside the home, most commonly at school. Data also revealed interactions between private and public realms, where accommodations were made in private to control, minimize or restrict interracial contact in public. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Publication Date

12-1-2012

Publication Title

Race and Social Problems

Volume

4

Issue

3-4

Number of Pages

133-143

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-012-9075-5

Socpus ID

84873243039 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84873243039

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS