Families as Transformative Allies to Trans Youth of Color

2020 ◽  
pp. 45-62
Author(s):  
Christian D. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Youth Of Color ◽  
Trans Youth

Remapping Pipelines and Pathways: Listening to Queer and Transgender Youth of Color’s Trajectories Through Girls’ Juvenile Justice Facilities

Affilia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Mountz
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Juvenile Court ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Juvenile Detention ◽  
State Violence ◽  
Revolving Door ◽  
Youth Of Color ◽  
Adoptive Families ◽  
Trans Youth

Queer and trans youth of color are disproportionately imprisoned in U.S. juvenile detention facilities where they are especially vulnerable to experiencing violence, isolation, neglect, and discrimination. While the figures of their overrepresentation are just emerging, regulation of youth sexuality and gender norms has been embedded in the logics of the juvenile court since its inception. Pathways and pipelines to incarceration have become popular metaphors in research and advocacy to explain how failed safety nets and multiple sites of punishment produce gendered and racialized patterns of criminalization; however, the overrepresentation of queer and trans youth of color has been virtually ignored within these conceptualizations. This article builds on a queer antiprison framework in examining the experiences of formerly incarcerated queer and trans youth of color in New York. Life history interviews were conducted as part of a larger community based participatory research (CBPR) project with 10 participants, ages 18–25. Findings expose the overlapping role of families of origin, foster and adoptive families, schools, and child welfare and juvenile justice systems, in a constellation of exposures to interpersonal and state violence. An alternative metaphor of a revolving door is proposed, and implications for social work are addressed.

Anticipation of racism and sexism: Factors related to setting career goals for urban youth of color.

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 588-599
Author(s):  
Julia L. Conkel-Ziebell ◽  
George V. Gushue ◽  
Sherri L. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Urban Youth ◽  
Career Goals ◽  
Youth Of Color

Trans Youth in Foster Care

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey D. Bowman
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Trans Youth ◽  
Youth In Foster Care

Promoting School Connectedness Among Urban Youth of Color: Reducing Risk Factors While Promoting Protective Factors

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Daly ◽  
Cindy Buchanan ◽  
Kimberly Dasch ◽  
Dawn Eichen ◽  
Clare Lenhart
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
School Connectedness ◽  
Youth Of Color

Rising Stars and Underdogs: The Role Race and Parental Education Play in Predicting Mentorship

2021 ◽  
pp. 0044118X2110046
Author(s):  
Veronica Fruiht ◽  
Jordan Boeder ◽  
Thomas Chan
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Conditional Inference ◽  
Youth Of Color ◽  
Social Success ◽  
Conditional Inference Tree ◽  
Tree Models ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Inference Tree

Research suggests that youth with more financial and social resources are more likely to have access to mentorship. Conversely, the rising star hypothesis posits that youth who show promise through their individual successes are more likely to be mentored. Utilizing a nationally representative sample ( N = 4,882), we tested whether demographic characteristics (e.g., race, SES) or personal resources (e.g., academic/social success) are better predictors of receiving mentorship. Regression analyses suggested that demographic, contextual, and individual characteristics all significantly predicted access to mentorship, specifically by non-familial mentors. However, conditional inference tree models that explored the interaction of mentorship predictors by race showed that individual characteristics mattered less for Black and Latino/a youth. Therefore, the rising star hypothesis may hold true for White youth, but the story of mentoring is more complicated for youth of color. Findings highlight the implications of Critical Race Theory for mentoring research and practice.

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