The present study examined whether Latinx parents’ perceptions of personal discrimination and perception of biases against Latinx people in the United States, along with their engagement with their elementary school children, predicted their conversations with their children about discrimination, and whether those conversations were related to children’s own perceptions of school-based discrimination. The study consisted of phone interviews with Latinx immigrant parents (n = 66, 71% mothers) from a predominantly White community and school-based interviews with their third and fourth grade children (n = 66). The children’s first interviews were conducted in the spring of one school year, parental interviews were conducted over the mediating summer, and children’s second interviews were conducted in the following school year. Results indicated that parents’ perception of bias against Latinos predicted their conversations about discrimination with their children, but this effect was moderated by parental engagement, such that perceptions of discrimination only predict conversations about discrimination among highly engaged parents. Furthermore, children whose parents talked about discrimination more frequently were more likely to report perceiving discrimination from peers and teachers, over and above their earlier perceptions of discrimination.

本研究调查了拉丁裔父母对美国个人歧视的看法和对拉丁裔人的偏见的看法，以及他们与小学生的接触，是否预测了他们与孩子关于歧视的对话，以及这些对话是否与孩子自己对学校歧视的看法。该研究包括对来自主要白人社区的拉丁裔移民父母（ n = 66，71  % 的母亲）的电话采访以及对他们三年级和四年级孩子的学校采访（n = 66）。孩子的第一次面谈在一个学年的春季进行，家长面谈在中间的暑假进行，孩子的第二次面谈在下一个学年进行。结果表明，父母对拉丁美洲人的偏见感知预测了他们与孩子有关歧视的对话，但这种影响受到父母参与的缓和，因此对歧视的感知只能预测高度敬业的父母之间关于歧视的对话。此外，父母更频繁地谈论歧视的孩子更有可能报告他们感受到来自同龄人和老师的歧视，超过了他们之前对歧视的看法。