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Haitian and Haitian American experiences of racism and socioethnic discrimination in Miami-Dade county: At-risk and court-involved youth |
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| Authors: | Toni Cela Louis Herns Marcelin Rachel Waldman Richard Dembo Danna Demezier Roy Clement Alexandra Arcayos Daniel Santisteban Michèle Jean-Gilles Aaron Hogue |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Anthropology, Global Health Studies Program, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA;2. Department of Anthropology, Global Health Studies Program, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA Laboratory on Health, Family and Migration, Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED), Port-au-Prince, Haiti Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA;3. Global Health Studies Program, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA;4. Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA;5. School of Education, Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida, USA;6. Department of Anthropology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA;7. School of Education and Human Development, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA;8. Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA;9. Research and Clinical Science, Family and Adolescent Clinical Technology & Science (FACTS), Partnership to End Addiction, New York, New York, USA |
| Abstract: | We examine how juvenile justice-involved youth of Haitian descent in Miami-Dade County cope with structural racism and its impact on their mental health. Drawing on longitudinal ethnography, psychosocial assessment data, and a family-based clinical intervention funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, this article explores youth narratives of discrimination prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We use critical race theory and theory of practice to understand youths’ perceptions as racialized bodies and stigmatized selves, highlighting the experiences and perspectives of a particular black immigrant group, ethnic beings caught up in the everyday practices of racialization, sociocultural marginalization, and racism. We frame these experiences as a variation of the complex continuum of structural racism and racial domination in the US. These experiences have caused anger, fear, anxiety, chronic anticipatory distress, and hopelessness among youth of Haitian descent. We conclude with some recommendations for therapeutic support that encourages youth to process their experiences, promotes their development of a positive self-concept, and provides them with mind-body techniques to attenuate the physical impacts of discriminatory events. The clinical trial registration number for this study intervention is NCT03876171. |
| Keywords: | at-risk youth Haitian Americans mental health police violence socioethnic discrimination structural racism 社会种族性歧视 结构性种族主义 警察暴力 心理健康 高危青年 海地美国人 |