How can a youth of color’s phenotype–or skin color–affect the messages they receive about their place in an ethnic-racial group? How can those signals affect their development? In a recent study led by Prof. Judith Scott at BU School of Social Work, researchers are expanding the understanding of Ethnic-Racial Socialization (ERS) to explore just that. […]
“This paper provides empirical evidence that Covid-19-related discrimination is a serious threat to public health.” A study led by Boston University School of Social Work Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm has found that increases in anti-Asian discrimination during the Covid-19 pandemic were associated with a coinciding increase in symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Asian […]
In The Brink, BU School of Social Work Assistant Professor Judith C. Scott gives tips to parents on talking to their kids about race and racism. Excerpted from “If Babies and Toddlers Can Detect Race, Why Do So Many Parents Avoid Talking about It?” by Jessica Colarossi: All too often, kids are given less information […]
BUSSW professors Dawn Belkin Martinez, Judith C. Scott and Linda Sprague Martinez make the case for immediate housing reform in a POV published by BU Today. From “Covid-19 Has Unmasked an Unprecedented Housing Crisis–Here’s How to Fix It”: Almost no one is escaping the healthcare crisis and economic challenges wrought by the coronavirus. For communities […]