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DOI: 10.1111/jora.12742

Naila Smith is a professor of Psychology at Dickinson College.

Despite notable improvements in theory and methods that center the lived experiences of Black adolescents, White supremacy endures in developmental science. In this article, we focus on one methodological manifestation of White supremacy—sampling decisions that assume Black adolescents are a homogeneous group. We examine overlooked concerns about within-group designs with Black adolescents, such as the erasure of some African diasporic communities in the United States. We first describe the homogeneity assumption and join other scholars in advocating for within-group designs. We next describe challenges with current approaches to within-group designs. We then provide recommendations for antiracist research that makes informed within-group design sampling decisions. We conclude by describing the implications of these strategies for researchers and developmental science.

Volpe, Vanessa A., Naila A. Smith, Olivenne D. Skinner, Fantasy T. Lozada, Elan C. Hope, and Juan Del Toro. Centering the Heterogeneity of Black Adolescents' Experiences: Guidance for Within-Group Designs among African Diasporic Communities. Journal of Research on Adolescence (Article published online March 25, 2022). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jora.12742

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