“Why is my skin so intimidating to you?”: Exploring social connectivity and racial identity of youth of color with foster care experience

IF 1.2 4区社会学 Q3 SOCIAL WORK

Journal of Public Child Welfare Pub Date : 2022-09-22 DOI:10.1080/15548732.2022.2125483

Rachel D. Ludeke

引用次数: 1

Abstract

ABSTRACT Social support, racial/ethnic identity, and foster care exposure are concepts largely understudied in child welfare research. With the rise of racialized violence against persons of color and the COVID-19 pandemic, these intersecting identities are of great importance. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 youth of color with current or past foster care exposure. Three themes were identified: 1) feeling uncomfortably me, 2) not equal in opportunity, and 3) skin as a threat. Increased mental health support by caseworkers and understanding collective racial trauma is needed to help foster youth of color as they strive to achieve self-sufficiency in emerging adulthood.

查看原文本刊更多论文

“为什么我的皮肤对你来说如此可怕？”：探索有寄养经历的有色人种青年的社会联系和种族认同

摘要社会支持、种族/民族认同和寄养暴露是儿童福利研究中研究不足的概念。随着针对有色人种的种族化暴力和新冠肺炎大流行的兴起，这些交叉身份具有重要意义。对14名目前或过去接触过寄养的有色人种青年进行了半结构化访谈。确定了三个主题：1）感觉自己不舒服，2）机会不平等，3）皮肤是一种威胁。需要个案工作者提供更多的心理健康支持，并了解集体种族创伤，以帮助培养有色人种青年，帮助他们在成年后实现自给自足。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Journal of Public Child Welfare SOCIAL WORK-

CiteScore

3.10

自引率

12.50%

发文量

期刊介绍： Decisions made in the practice of child welfare have lifelong effects on children and their entire families which in turn affects every facet of society. To effectively practice in this vital field, social workers, psychologists, counselors, juvenile court judges, attorneys, and other child welfare professionals need to stay informed about the latest findings and important issues in public child welfare. To answer this crucial need, the Journal of Public Child Welfare provides a broad forum for theory-based and applied research in child welfare. Rather than limit itself to primarily private agencies, this essential journal provides the quality research and comprehensive information that child welfare professionals and public agencies need most.