Navigating diversity: Maternal ideologies and associations with child interethnic prejudice in the Netherlands

Ymke de Bruijn; Rosanneke A.G. Emmen; Judi Mesman

doi:10.1111/sode.12579

Navigating diversity: Maternal ideologies and associations with child interethnic prejudice in the Netherlands

Ymke de Bruijn^*
, Rosanneke A.G. Emmen
, Judi Mesman

^*Corresponding author for this work

Leiden University

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Abstract

Parental diversity ideologies are linked to their own interethnic prejudice, but how do they relate to children's prejudice? This study examined self-reported endorsement of colorblind ideology and multiculturalism among mothers (138 White Dutch, 65 Turkish-Dutch, and 45 Afro-Dutch) of 6-to 10-year old children (55% girls), and its association with child interethnic prejudice. Endorsement of multiculturalism was lowest among White Dutch mothers, and endorsement of colorblind ideology was lowest among Afro-Dutch mothers. Maternal endorsement of multiculturalism was negatively related to child outgroup prejudice among White Dutch families and among Turkish-Dutch families in the context of underrepresented outgroups, and results suggest no or opposite associations for colorblind ideology. Future research should explore what parenting based on these ideologies looks like, but the present study points parents in the direction of a multicultural, rather than colorblind, approach.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	811-828
Number of pages	18
Journal	Social Development
Volume	31
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12579
Publication status	Published - Aug 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
This work is part of the research program “The parenting origin of prejudice” with project number 453‐16‐008, which is financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This study's methods and procedures were approved by an ethnic evaluation committee. No third‐party material was reproduced in this article.

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© 2021 The Authors. Social Development published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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This work is part of the research program “The parenting origin of prejudice” with project number 453‐16‐008, which is financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This study's methods and procedures were approved by an ethnic evaluation committee. No third‐party material was reproduced in this article.

Keywords

children
colorblind ideology
diversity ideologies
interethnic prejudice
multiculturalism
parents

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