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The early history of animated cartoons is rife with shockingly racist depictions of racial minorities. In fact, from the early 1900s until the 1960s highly stereotyped racialized caricatures of racial minority were the norm. Past research into the evolving portrayal of race in c…

Racial-ethnic socialization is a largely unstudied topic for White Americans. Most of the research on racial-ethnic socialization (RES) focuses on minority populations, but more literature is starting to focus on RES in White individuals. However, the mechanisms by which RES mes…

This 3-study dissertation explored White children’s negotiation of Whiteness, racial identity development, intergroup attitudes, and experiences of socialization. Participants were from an ethnically and racially diverse, rural elementary school in the Midwest United States. In …

The Lost Cause ideology of the Civil War has created a distorted collective memory that established a pattern of lawful inequality and disenfranchisement that continues to exist today. The distortion of the legacy of the Confederacy was planted with heritage, honor, and patrioti…