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Ra Racial al ion Ra Racial al Coh ohes esio Dissonance Dis onance & Racis acism S Stress Bla Black C Commu ommunalism & m & Me Mental H Health i in the he Black L Lives M Matters E Era Keisha L. Ben

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Keisha L. Ben Bentley-Edwards, s, P PhD

Duke University’s Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity School of Medicine

Ra Racial al Coh

esio ion Ra Racial al Dis Dissonance

nance

Racis acism S Stress

Bla Black C Commu

mmunalism &

m & Me Mental H Health i in the he Black L Lives M Matters E Era

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If you k

u keep l

looki

king

ng f for racism, , that’ that’s all ll you w will ll see

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What at if if Racis acism K Kee eeps Lo Look

king

ing F For

You?

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3 Primary Manifestations of Racism (Jones, 1972)

Institutional Cultural Individual

Ins Instit itutio ional nal R Rac acis ism

System oppressi ssion n (policies, s, p practi tices, s, an and norms) that at p perpetuat ate in inequal alit ity by restrictin ing opportunitie ies f from Black pe peopl ple

“Standardized” testing

for college entry

School-to-prison

Pipeline

Indi dividu dual R Racism

Di Direc ect or observed inter erper ersonal inter eractions coat ated in in the b belief of Blac ack inferio iority

Teacher bias;
“Driving [or walking] while Black”

Cultu tural R Racism

Eth Ethno nocent ntrism; sta status tus-qu quo main aintenan ance

School curricula (i.e.

“American” history, literature, etc excludes significant contributions made by Blacks

Index for Race-Related Stress-Brief; Utsey, 1999

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How Do You Respond To Racism?

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CULTURAL STRENGTHS: The Social Norms of a Group That Promote Posit sitiv ive Outcomes

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Less B s Bootstr tstraps More re V Villa llage

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RACIAL COHESION: Racial Agency – The Positive Behaviors, Agency & Psychological Cohesion- Relationships With Your Racial Group (Black People)

(Bentley-Edwards, 2016)

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RACIAL DISSONANCE: Ambivalence, Antagonism

r Lack of Empathy for Your

Racial Group (Black People)

(Bentley-Edwards, 2016)

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WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

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Racial Cohesion & Dissonance Research

■ Co College Co Contexts ( (2015)

– HBCU students higher in racial cohesion, especially racial agency – Pre-college friendships related to racism stress, racial cohesion mediated this relationship

■ Goal E Effica cacy cy ( (20 2016) 6)

– Racial Cohesion (+), Dissonance (-) & Goal Efficacy – Racial Cohesion & Racism Stress predicted specific Goal Content and Supports and Barriers

■ Viole lence Expos

sure

re, R , RC & & St Stude dent En Engagement (R& (R&R)

– High VEV positively related to high ExtraC Acti, low grades – High Grades/Low ExtraC had lower racial cohesion

■ Social ial Class ss (Unde der R Revie iew) w)

– Middle Class highest in Racial Cohesion & Racism Stress – Higher Class, Racial Dissonance triggered by cultural racism stress

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Racial Agency & Twitter-Activism

(Lee-Won, White & Potocki, 2017)

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KNOWLEDGE + STRATEGY

PO POWER WER

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