Racial socialization is a dynamic process for youth of color, especially for Black adolescents. What is less known is how the provision of racial socialization practices and messages may differ for varying ethnic groups of Black adolescents and what sociodemographic factors contribute to this difference. As such, this cross-sectional study investigated how African American and Black Caribbean adolescents are racially socialized by parents and support systems, including socialization frequency, sociodemographic contributors, and content. A sample of 1170 adolescents (Black Caribbean: n = 360; African American: n = 810) from the National Survey of American Life-Adolescents were assessed. Latent class analysis depicted two classes of socialization provision in both African American and Black Caribbean samples, as adolescents with greater provision received it most from family members across ethnic groups while friends were a distinguishing socializing agent across classes and ethnicities. Further, Black Caribbean adolescents socialized at a high frequency were not often socialized by other adults or friends, just parents and other family members. Some key demographic differences differentiated this provision, with region and income being the most prominent for African American and Black Caribbean families respectively. Finally, messages were fairly consistent across ethnic groups, save the advice to “keep it real” being significantly more provided to African American adolescents. Implications of these findings are relevant for interventions seeking to bolster socialization efforts across support systems and ethnic groups within the Black diaspora, with specific attention towards adolescents receiving “low” levels of socialization across their support system.

种族社会化是有色人种青年，尤其是黑人青少年的一个动态过程。鲜为人知的是，种族社会化实践和信息的提供对于不同种族的黑人青少年可能有何不同，以及哪些社会人口因素导致了这种差异。因此，这项横断面研究调查了非裔美国人和加勒比黑人青少年如何被父母和支持系统进行种族社会化，包括社会化频率、社会人口学贡献者和内容。1170 名青少年的样本（加勒比黑人：n  = 360；非裔美国人：n = 810) 来自美国青少年全国调查进行了评估。潜在阶级分析描述了非裔美国人和加勒比黑人样本中的两类社会化供应，因为供应较多的青少年从不同种族的家庭成员那里获得最多，而朋友是跨阶级和种族的杰出社会化代理人。此外，频繁社交的加勒比黑人青少年通常不会被其他成年人或朋友社交，而只是父母和其他家庭成员。一些关键的人口差异区分了这一规定，地区和收入分别是非裔美国人和加勒比黑人家庭最突出的。最后，不同种族的信息相当一致，保存“保持真实”的建议更多地提供给非裔美国青少年。这些发现的意义与寻求支持黑人侨民中支持系统和种族群体的社会化努力的干预措施相关，特别关注在他们的支持系统中接受“低”社会化水平的青少年。