Black Lives and Black Research Matter: How our Collective Emotions Continue to Drive a Movement. (28th February 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dunbar, Angel S.
• Other Names: Witherspoon Dawn guestEditor.; Halgunseth Linda guestEditor.; Wray‐Lake Laura guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of research on adolescence. Volume 32:Number 1(2022)
• Page Start: 307
• Page End: 313
• Publication Date: 2022-02-28
• Subjects: Black Research Matters -- collective emotion regulation -- Black youth development -- racism; Adolescence -- Periodicals; 155.5
• DOI: 10.1111/jora.12739
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1050-8392

Abstract

Abstract : The author discusses (1) how the collective emotional experience of the Black community has propelled two parallel movements, Black Lives Matter and Black Research Matters, (2) the state of developmental science as it pertains to Black youth, and (3) suggestions for future research to integrate across fields and to evolve beyond Black pain to incorporate Black joy. The author suggests that the palpable anger collectively felt and expressed as a community has propelled a host of social‐political actions to dismantle anti‐Black systems of oppression, including within academia. She highlights that the scholarship on Black youth development has driven innovations in theory and methodology that have influenced the field of developmental science broadly and recommends future research areas for consideration.