Family science is at the forefront of understanding the multiple and interconnected risk and protective factors (e.g., poverty vs. wealth, racism and discrimination, privilege) that affect families and the contexts in which they live. In this article, we use the metaphor of spider and web to suggest that family science theorizing is missing an integral piece of the puzzle—the designer of the contexts that have become the field's object of study and intervention (Krieger, 1994). Who or what is this designer? Recognizing that the answer is necessarily complex, we propose a metaphorical spider of insidious influence: White supremacy. Pairing understandings garnered from decades of critical theorizing with a review of the family science literature, we hypothesize about the web of causation and interrogate this culprit. Finally, we offer implications for the consciousness and intentional addition of White supremacy to family science theorizing and methods.

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白色至上与家庭科学网：蜘蛛踪影的含意

家庭科学站在了解影响家庭及其生活环境的多重和相互关联的风险和保护因素（例如贫困与财富，种族主义和歧视，特权）的最前沿。在本文中，我们使用蜘蛛网（spider）和网络（web）的比喻来表明，家庭科学理论缺失了一个不可或缺的难题-上下文的设计者已成为该领域研究和干预的对象（Krieger，1994）。这个设计师是谁？认识到答案必然很复杂，我们提出了一个隐性影响的隐喻蜘蛛：白人至上。通过数十年的批判性理论获得的理解与对家庭科学文献的回顾相结合，我们对因果关系网进行了假设并审讯了这一罪魁祸首。最后，