Black racial identity and engagement during Black Lives Matter 2020: The role of age and multiracial status.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The social category of race plays an important role in how people navigate their identities and social worlds, especially in societies where racial injustice is salient. The present study considers the racial identity experiences of Multiracial and monoracial Black adults in the United States during a race-salient moment: the 2020 Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Using survey data collected in the fall of 2020, our study seeks to understand racial identity and activism experiences among age-diverse monoracial and Multiracial Black people during BLM 2020.

Method

Participants were 183 Black adults in the United States (73 Multiracial, 110 monoracial). Regressions were conducted to examine (a) how identity exploration and commitment differed by age and by Multiracia

SUBMITTER: Jones CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12456606 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature