Structural racism is central for understanding Black families, but structural racism has not been central to quantitative research on Black families. Instead, research on Black families has disproportionately used deficit frameworks and race-neutral explanations that misrepresent the reality of Black families. For the current commentary, I begin with a straightforward question: why are scholars still grappling with the role of White supremacy in family science? To address this question, I contend that family science needs a more nuanced theoretical perspective on Black families that adequately addresses the association between racism and race. I offer a novel conceptual model for the study of Black family inequality. I take racism and the social construction of race seriously by focusing on the making, the maintenance, and the manifestation of racial stratification. My hope is that family scholars will employ theoretical frameworks that center racism and highlight the social construction of race.

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种族主义和维持黑人家庭种族分层的机制

结构性种族主义是理解黑人家庭的核心，但结构性种族主义并不是黑人家庭定量研究的核心。相反，对黑人家庭的研究不成比例地使用了赤字框架和种族中立的解释，这些解释歪曲了黑人家庭的现实。对于当前的评论，我从一个直截了当的问题开始：为什么学者们仍在努力研究白人至上在家庭科学中的作用？为了解决这个问题，我认为家庭科学需要对黑人家庭有更细致的理论视角，以充分解决种族主义与种族之间的联系。我为研究黑人家庭不平等提供了一个新颖的概念模型。我通过专注于制造、维护、以及种族分层的表现。我希望家庭学者能够采用以种族主义为中心并强调种族社会建构的理论框架。