How White Undergraduates Experience and Make Meaning of Parental Messages about Race

Higher education offers an important space to engage white students on issues of race and racism. Yet, parents play a pivotal role in shaping their children's understandings of race during childhood and adolescence. The results of this study document the weight and significance of parents in the pre-college socialization process and how White students navigate relationships with their parents in light of new, emerging understandings of race in college.