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Navigating diversity: Maternal ideologies and associations with child interethnic prejudice in the Netherlands
Author(s) -
Bruijn Ymke,
Emmen Rosanneke A. G.,
Mesman Judi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
social development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.078
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1467-9507
pISSN - 0961-205X
DOI - 10.1111/sode.12579
Subject(s) - prejudice (legal term) , turkish , multiculturalism , ideology , diversity (politics) , psychology , context (archaeology) , white (mutation) , developmental psychology , social psychology , gender studies , outgroup , ethnic group , sociology , politics , political science , geography , linguistics , pedagogy , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , anthropology , law , gene
Parental diversity ideologies are linked to their own interethnic prejudice, but how do they relate to children's prejudice? This study examined self‐reported endorsement of colorblind ideology and multiculturalism among mothers (138 White Dutch, 65 Turkish‐Dutch, and 45 Afro‐Dutch) of 6‐to 10‐year old children (55% girls), and its association with child interethnic prejudice. Endorsement of multiculturalism was lowest among White Dutch mothers, and endorsement of colorblind ideology was lowest among Afro‐Dutch mothers. Maternal endorsement of multiculturalism was negatively related to child outgroup prejudice among White Dutch families and among Turkish‐Dutch families in the context of underrepresented outgroups, and results suggest no or opposite associations for colorblind ideology. Future research should explore what parenting based on these ideologies looks like, but the present study points parents in the direction of a multicultural, rather than colorblind, approach.