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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 Bentley-Edwards, s, P PhD Duke University’s Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity School of Medicine

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What at if if Racis acism K Kee eeps Lo Look oking ing F For or Y You?

3 Primary Manifestations of Racism (Jones, 1972) 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 Institutional Cultu tural R Racism • “Standardized” testing for college entry Ethno Eth nocent ntrism; sta status tus-qu quo • School-to-prison main aintenan ance Pipeline • School curricula (i.e. “American” history, Cultural literature, etc excludes Individual Indi dividu dual R Racism significant contributions Di Direc ect or observed made by Blacks inter erper ersonal inter eractions coat ated in in the b belief of Blac ack inferio iority • Teacher bias; • “Driving [or walking] while Black” Index for Race-Related Stress-Brief; Utsey, 1999

How Do You Respond To Racism?

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

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RACIAL COHESION: Racial Agency – The Positive Behaviors, Agency & Psychological Cohesion- Relationships With Your Racial Group (Black People) (Bentley-Edwards, 2016)

RACIAL DISSONANCE: Ambivalence, Antagonism or Lack of Empathy for Your Racial Group (Black People) (Bentley-Edwards, 2016)

WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

Racial Cohesion & Dissonance Research ■ Co College Co Contexts ( (2015) ■ Viole lence Expos osure re, R , RC & & Stude St dent En Engagement (R& (R&R) – HBCU students higher in racial cohesion, especially racial agency – High VEV positively related to high ExtraC Acti, low grades – Pre-college friendships related to racism stress, racial cohesion – High Grades/Low ExtraC had lower mediated this relationship racial cohesion ■ Goal E Effica cacy cy ( (20 2016) 6) ■ Social ial Class ss (Unde der R Revie iew) w) – Racial Cohesion (+), Dissonance (-) – Middle Class highest in Racial & Goal Efficacy Cohesion & Racism Stress – Racial Cohesion & Racism Stress – Higher Class, Racial Dissonance predicted specific Goal Content and triggered by cultural racism stress Supports and Barriers

Racial Agency & Twitter-Activism (Lee-Won, White & Potocki, 2017)

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