Black Families Matter: Research Related to Child Trends' 100 Year Review of Research on Black Families. Research on Black Youth

In this pivotal article, Coates presents a compelling argument for acknowledging and redressing the enduring impacts of slavery and systemic racism on Black Americans through reparations, emphasizing the need for societal recognition and tangible restitution for historical injustices. Coates intricately weaves personal narratives, historical analysis, and economic insights to underscore the moral imperative racial inequities that continue in American society.

Khazan examines the pervasive racial disparities in healthcare outcomes, highlighting how systemic racism and social determinants contribute to poorer health outcomes among Black Americans.

This article highlights the urgent need for mental health professionals to address racism's detrimental effects on mental health, emphasizing actionable antiracist measures, including acknowledging and dismantling structural racism within the field, to achieve mental health equity and prevent the repetition of historical injustices.

This guide, published by the Center for Community Resilience, analyzes the structural systems of prejudice and oppression that created inequity in the United States while offering policy suggestions to help chart a more equitable future.

This report reviews original research, contemporary social psychology research, and neuroscience research in order to examine the psychology of race.

This study asks if Black boys receive equal childhood protections as their White peers, finding that they are seen as less innocent and more responsible, carrying implications for police violence disparities across race.

This article reviews research related to childhood adversity and its effects on adulthood wellbeing, finding that while the relationship between trauma experienced as a child is clear, most trauma are preventable.

This article discusses adultification bias in youth sports, where children, particularly minorities, are treated as more mature than their actual age, mirroring trends seen in the justice system. The rise of the youth sports industrial complex and specialization is noted to increase biomedical issues like musculoskeletal injuries, suggesting a broader impact on child development that warrants further investigation and debate.

The study highlights the significance of household work performed by boys in low- and moderate-income single-mother families, and it's relationship to gender role dynamics. It reveals that adolescent boys undertake substantial household responsibilities, supported by their mothers who aim to foster competence and challenge traditional gender roles in domestic labor.

This article discusses the phenomenon of adultification of young Black boys, highlighting how they are often perceived as older and less innocent, facing numerous racial biases and societal expectations that hinder their emotional expression and mental health. The study presents case vignettes, examines the impact of toxic masculinity on their emotional well-being, and proposes recommendations for educators and families to support these boys effectively.

This article, written by noted scholar Monique Morris, examines the adultification of African American girls in school settings, illustrating through a specific incident in North Carolina and supported by research findings, how biases lead to inequitable treatment, including harsh discipline and societal expectations of maturity, and proposes strategies to address these challenges in educational environments.

The article delves, first-hand, into the harmful phenomenon of adultification experienced by Black children, particularly girls, who face premature expectations of maturity and are often subjected to harsh treatment and biased perceptions by authorities and society. It explores real-life incidents and statistics, discusses the emotional and societal impacts on these children, and calls for awareness, reform, and support systems to protect and empower Black youth against these pervasive injustices.

This report, from the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality, demonstrates how Black girls are perceived as less innocent and more adult than their white counterparts by adults of various races. The report then goes on to describe the ramifications of this in both the educational and juvenile justice systems, and proposes solutions to ameliorate the effects of this disparity.

This article explores how "The Hunger Games" highlights societal influences on perception of Black innocence in literature and media through Rue, and challenges readers with the concept of alterity through her character, prompting some to confront and resist their preconceived racial perceptions.

This report, written for Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation, defines adultification and applies an intersectional lens with the aim of introducing the Professional Inter-Adultification (PIA) Model for improving childhood wellbeing.

This study explores perceptions of police use of force against Black youth, finding that Black youth were more dehumanized compared to White youth, and adultification was associated with perceptions of justified force. Black girls were particularly susceptible to adultification and perceived as less victimized compared to Black boys and White girls, highlighting unique vulnerabilities for this population.

This paper critiques Miranda Fricker's theory of testimonial injustice, arguing that adultification of Black girls in testimony is a new form of injustice termed "testimonial obfuscation" due to the evaluations of credibility based on unfair perceptions of maturity and development.

This article reveals how adultification and media framing of youth offenders influences youth justice policy and perpetuates a punitive approach that refutes the rehabilitative welfare model historically used in youth justice.

This article investigates the phenomenon of adultification in Japanese society, with particular attention paid to the juvenile justice system.

This article explores the federal prosecution of American youth as adults, examining legal issues and warning against the risks of prosecuting youth within the federal criminal justice system.