Yes, critical race theories as well as other theories that emerged from other disciplines like intersectionality are already being integrated into developmental science but this has been principally done by scholars that work with BIPOC populations. And it is critical that other scholars also incorporate some of this work into their theories to explicate the role of race, power, privilege, oppression, and Whiteness into their understanding of key developmental phenomena. It is imperative that as a field we all examine our theories through these critical lenses and learn from other disciplines that have tackled how race may be present but "invisible" in our scientific work. Further, critical race theories name race is a social construct that promote power and privilege of White groups and an important question to ask ourselves as a society is how do our scientific questions promote and privilege certain type of outcomes, methods, populations, etc that continue to support the racial status quo. See below for some good initial readings and developmental work that incorporates critical race theories and intersectionality. Importantly, you should cite the original developers of work - especial Black feminist scholars where a lot of this work developed!
Critical Race Readings:
Delgado, R., & Stefancic, J. (2012). Critical race theory: An introduction. New York, NY: NYU Press.
Crenshaw, K. W. (1991). Mapping the margins: Intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color. Stanford Law Review, 43(6), 1241–1299. doi:10.2307/1229039.
Collins, P. H. (2000). Black feminist thought: Knowl- edge, consciousness, and the politics of empower- ment (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.
Bonilla-Silva, E. (2009). Racism without racists: Color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in the United States (2nd ed.). Boulder, CO: Rowman & Littlefield.
Feagin, J. R. (2006). Systemic racism. New York: Routledge.
De Reus, L., Few, A. L., & Blume, L. B. (2005). Multicultural and critical race feminisms: Theorizing families in the third wave. In V. Bengtson, A. Acock, K. Allen, P . Dilworth-Anderson, & D. Klein (Eds.), Sourcebook of family theory and research (pp. 447 – 468). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Dill, B. T., & Zambrana, R. E. (2009). Emerging intersections: Race, class, and gender in theory, policy, and practice. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
In Developmental science:
Yoo, H. C., Kim, A. Y., & Lee, R. M. (2018). Race and subjective well-being: Critical race perspective and empirical review of key predictors. Handbook of well-being. Salt Lake City, UT (USA): DEF Publishers. DOI: nobascholar. com.
Syed, M., Santos, C., Yoo, H. C., & Juang, L. P. (2018). Invisibility of racial/ethnic minorities in developmental science: Implications for research and institutional practices. American Psychologist, 73(6), 812.
Ghavami, N., Katsiaficas, D., & Rogers, L. O. (2016). Toward an intersectional approach in developmental science: The role of race, gender, sexual orientation, and immigrant status. In Advances in child development and behavior (Vol. 50, pp. 31-73). JAI.
Santos, C. E., & Toomey, R. B. (2018). Integrating an intersectionality lens in theory and research in developmental science. New directions for child and adolescent development, 2018(161), 7-15.
Juang, L. P., Yoo, H. C., & Atkin, A. (2017). A critical race perspective on an empirical review of Asian American parental racial-ethnic socialization. In Asian American Parenting (pp. 11-35). Springer, Cham.
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Greensboro NC
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Subject: Debriefing with Experts on 7/8 from 4-5pm ET: Drs. Gabriela Livas Stein and Margaret O'Brien Caughy
How can anti-racism be incorporated into our theoretical frameworks? Should Critical Race Theory (from sociology) be incorporated into our thinking?
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Subject: Debriefing with Experts on 7/8 from 4-5pm ET: Drs. Gabriela Livas Stein and Margaret O'Brien Caughy
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