The events of the past decade underscore with withering banality the depth of American racism and the disturbing normalcy of racial trauma Black adolescents endure every day. I comment on the significance of the timing and scope of the Special Issue. I also highlight the contributions that push new boundaries on established topics such as ethnic-racial identity, racial socialization, emotional development, gender, and via application intersectionality theory. These articles illuminate the multilayered, textured lives of Black adolescents in the early 21st century. The commentary concludes with a call for researchers to leverage the findings from empirical studies on Black adolescents to foster anti-racist institutional change.

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是时候了黑人的命也是命：研究黑人青年发展的紧迫性

过去十年的事件以极其平庸的方式突显了美国种族主义的深度以及黑人青少年每天忍受的令人不安的正常种族创伤。我评论了特刊的时间和范围的重要性。我还强调了在种族认同、种族社会化、情感发展、性别以及通过应用交叉性理论等既定主题上推动新界限的贡献。这些文章阐明了 21 世纪初黑人青少年多层次、有质感的生活。评论最后呼吁研究人员利用对黑人青少年的实证研究结果来促进反种族主义的制度变革。