The present study examined middle school students’ responses to the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Using a consensual qualitative research approach, we analyzed interviews from 73 local, seventh‐grade students (58% female; 55% students of color) to explore the range of students’ emotional responses and cognitive engagement with the events. The resulting six profiles document heterogeneity in meaning‐making and personal impacts across youth. Individual and social factors including race and ethnic identity varied across profiles. Many students of color expressed fear and vigilance toward racial violence while many White students expressed sadness and sympathy. We discuss the role of developmental factors in students’ reactions as well as implications for supporting early adolescents in the wake of bias‐motivated violence.

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从冷漠到警惕：年轻青少年对联合夏洛茨维尔正确集会的反应

本研究调查了中学生对 2017 年在弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔举行的团结右翼集会的反应。使用双方同意的定性研究方法，我们分析了来自 73 名当地七年级学生（58% 女性；55% 有色人种学生）的访谈，以探索学生对事件的情绪反应和认知参与的范围。由此产生的六个档案记录了青年在意义制定和个人影响方面的异质性。包括种族和民族认同在内的个人和社会因素因资料而异。许多有色人种学生对种族暴力表示恐惧和警惕，而许多白人学生则表示悲伤和同情。我们讨论了发展因素在学生反应中的作用以及在偏见引发的暴力之后支持早期青少年的影响。