The COVID-19 pandemic led to a greater focus on the increasing racism and discrimination faced by Asian individuals. Tragically, disinformation on the pandemic fueled already present anti-Asian sentiments, leading to a heightened level of hate directed towards Asian communities. This crisis reached a breaking point in June of 2020, when Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh […]
Prof. Judith Scott joined an expert panel at the recent annual Maternal and Child Health Conference’s event, “Living Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging: Where We Are, Where We Want to Be.” The conference is jointly hosted by the BU School of Public Health Center of Excellence in Maternal & Child Health, the Harvard School of Public […]
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. […]