Critical Consciousness, Racial Identity, and Appropriated Racial Oppression in Black Emerging Adults

• Main Author: Allen, Keyona
• Format: Others
• Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2018
• Subjects: critical consciousness; appropriated racial oppression; racial identity; Black identity; racism; internalized racism; Counseling Psychology
• Online Access: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5687; https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6771&context=etd

The present study explored private regard and public regard, two subcomponents of racial identity, as mediators of the association between critical consciousness and appropriated racial oppression. In a sample of 75 Black emerging adults, ages 18-25, the current study examined (1) the relationships between critical consciousness, racial identity, and appropriated racial oppression and (2) whether racial identity mediates the relationship between critical consciousness and appropriated racial oppression. Relationships in the expected direction were evident between private regard and both critical consciousness and appropriated racial oppression. Relationships in the expected direction were evident between public regard and critical consciousness. Further, mediation analyses indicated that the relationship between critical consciousness and appropriated racial oppression was mediated by private regard. These findings indicate how critical consciousness and private regard may play a significant role in influencing appropriated racial oppression in Black emerging adults.