Racial-Ethnic Socialization

The difference between racial-ethnic socialization between families really stemmed from peoples parents and how much they put forth when it came to participating in part of their own culture. Mainly, the differences came when many people reported that either their families talked to them about their culture and embraced it, or that they didn't really care for their culture and didn't feel the need to talk about or share it with their kids. I would say that in the case of receiving racial-ethnic socialization from my parents, I was raised more white than Mexican and I was taught more from my environment than my mom. Although she didn't feel the need to assert her culture in the household she held some key values from her culture and would always answer any questions I had about my culture. If I could go back and ask my parents to do it differently, I would ask that my mom helps me embrace her Mexican culture so that I can understand some of her thought processes when it comes to some of the rules she unconsciously enforces that she sees as normal since that was what she was taught when she was younger. Also it would help provide a new look on the world growing up. It is put best in the article "Linking racial identity, ethnic identity, and racial-ethnic socialization" when the author stated that when taught about their culture it tends to  "influence the ways in which youth of color interact in a diverse social world". (French pp.2)  If I had to give advice to parents on how to engage with their kid's when it comes to socialization I would say that  you should raise them with your respective customs and not treat it as something special, but as a regular everyday occurrence. And when questions are asked about why other people approach things differently, simple explain that it is a apart of the culture and go into detail as to why that is. This in opposition to saying that their culture does things a certain way because its always been that way. I would say that each parent has different messages to portray to their kids depending on the culture that they are representing. Each requires its own explanation as to why that culture differs from what is considered normal and how, regardless of the difference, is still important to be celebrated.


         Lamborn, Susie. (n.d.). African American Adolescents’ Perceptions of Ethnic Socialization and Racial Socialization as Distinct Processes- journals.sagepub.com. January 30, 2022, fromhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0743558413510969


         French, S. (2013, January 30). Linking racial identity, ethnic identity, and racial-ethnic socialization: A tale of three race-ethnicities. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved January 30, 2022, from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15283488.2012.747438






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