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Stein, S. (2016, March 23). Universities, slavery, and the unthought of anti-Blackness. Cultural Dynamics, 28(2), 169–187. doi:10.1177/0921374016634379

This article provides insights about the role that beliefs and expectations play in third-party observers’ judgments about expressions of prejudice.

Questions to Consider

1. Can one have prejudicial beliefs and not be discriminatory? Can one be discriminatory towards another and not have prejudicial beliefs?
2. Which theories from this article do you believe best explains why individuals are prejudicial?
3. What are the concerns with stereotypes associated with racial groups?
4. According to this article, why were African-Americans chosen to be slaves?
5. Why didn’t the end of slavery abolish the discrimination that still exists against certain races?

Burt, C. H., Simons, R. L., & Gibbons, F. X. (2012, June 08). Racial discrimination, ethnic-racial socialization, and crime. American Sociological Review, 77(4), 648–677. doi:10.1177/0003122412448648

Building on recent studies that analyze race and crime at the micro-level, we specify a social psychological model linking personal experiences with racial discrimination to an increased risk of offending.

Questions to Consider

1. According to the article, why are poverty and crime highly correlated with each other?
2. What factors, in your opinion, account for the fact that blacks are the most residentially segregated racial group in the United States?

Molina, K. M., & James, D. (2016, May 03). Discrimination, internalized racism, and depression: A comparative study of African American and Afro-Caribbean adults in the US. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 19(4), 439–461. doi:10.1177/1368430216641304

Collectively, this article suggests a need to investigate other potential mechanisms by which discrimination impacts mental health, and examine further the underlying factors of internalized racism as a potential self-protective strategy.

Questions to Consider

1. According to this article, what is the relationship between mental health and racism?
2. What factors can account for the lack of studies in regards to the psychological costs of Internalized racism?
3. How does internalized racism differ from other forms of racism?