Research has shown that Black parents are more likely than White parents to have conversations about race with their children, but few studies have directly compared the frequency and content of these conversations and how they change in response to national events. Here we examine such conversations in the United States before and after the killing of George Floyd. Black parents had conversations more often than White parents, and they had more frequent conversations post-Floyd. White parents remained mostly unchanged and, if anything, were less likely to talk about being White and more likely to send colorblind messages. Black parents were also more worried than White parents—both that their children would experience racial bias and that their children would perpetrate racial bias, a finding that held both pre- and post-Floyd. Thus, even in the midst of a national moment on race, White parents remained relatively silent and unconcerned about the topic.

研究表明，黑人父母比白人父母更有可能与他们的孩子就种族进行对话，但很少有研究直接比较这些对话的频率和内容，以及它们如何随着国家事件的变化而变化。在这里，我们研究了乔治·弗洛伊德 (George Floyd) 被杀前后在美国发生的此类对话。黑人父母的谈话比白人父母更频繁，他们在弗洛伊德之后的谈话也更频繁。白人父母大多保持不变，如果有的话，他们不太可能谈论自己是白人，而更有可能发送色盲信息。黑人父母也比白人父母更担心——他们的孩子会经历种族偏见，他们的孩子会犯下种族偏见，这一发现在弗洛伊德之前和之后都成立。因此，