Anti-racist methodological approaches to ethnic-racial identity and critical consciousness scholarship

Research on ethnic-racial identity (ERI) and critical consciousness (CC) provide relevant and timely insights into youth development, particularly among youth of color. Simultaneously, developmental and educational research are re-examining their methodologies in terms of their use (or lack) of anti-racist practices and policies. In the current examination, we consider past and modern methodologies in ERI and CC work, ways in which they are and may be theoretically founded, and how we may best advance anti-racist research methodology in these areas. To do so, we discuss the processes of ERI and CC development within a developmentally relevant timeframe and context: adolescence and school spaces.