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Monday, December 30 · 10:50 AM ·  

It explains that while most examine discrimination over a year-long period, daily assessment is a more accurate.

New Study Finds Black Teens Face Racial Discrimination 5 Times A Day On Average - Blavity
 

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A new Rutgers University study finds that Black teenagers in the United States face discrimination multiple times a day, most frequently online. The study, published in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, was done to examine how often Black teens experience racial discrimination. The study has concluded that discriminatory incidents often lead to depression.  “This research reflects what researchers and activists have asserted for years: Black adolescents are forced to face antiblack microaggressions on a daily basis. Importantly, this study expands the research on the many ways that discrimination happens, whether it is being teased by peers, asked to speak for their racial group in class or seeing a racist post on social media,” lead author Devin English said in a press release . Researchers studied the day to day lives of 101 Black teenagers living in predominantly Black neighborhoods in Washington D.C. The participants, ages 13 through 17, were surveyed daily for a... ...read more
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