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The events of the past decade underscore with withering banality the depth of American racism and the disturbing normalcy of racial trauma Black adolescents endure every day. I comment on the significance of the timing and scope of the Special Issue. I also highlight the contributions that push new boundaries on established topics such as ethnic‐racial identity, racial socialization, emotional development, gender, and via application intersectionality theory. These articles illuminate the multilayered, textured lives of Black adolescents in the early 21st century. The commentary concludes with a call for researchers to leverage the findings from empirical studies on Black adolescents to foster anti‐racist institutional change.

Much of the research on African American adolescent sexual decision making has focused on teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases among poor or urban residents. Few studies consider the sexual profiles of middle-class African American female college freshmen from diverse locales. This study uses bivariate and logistic regression analyses to examine sexual behavior among ninety-one African American female freshmen attending college in the eastern and midwestern areas of the United States. Findings include detailed profiles of sexual behavior for this understudied population. Modeling results show that, although maternal sexual socialization does not influence whether respondents are virgins, sexually permissive views and practices such as heavy petting affect whether respondents are virgins. However, involvement in romantic relationships is the strongest predictor of sexual intercourse.

Abstract: We tested a hypothetical model linking maternal education and maternal coping behavior with parent‐child relationship quality, and in turn, children's self‐regulatory behavior and mental health difficulties. Consistent with predictions, mothers' use of active coping behaviors predicted more positive parent‐child relationship quality, greater child self‐regulatory behavior, and fewer perceived behavioral and emotional difficulties in children. Implications of these findings for intervention with rural African American mothers are discussed.

AbstractWe hypothesized that the goodness‐of‐fit between profiles of observed, caregiver‐provided ethnic–racial socialization (ERS), and child self‐regulation (i.e., inhibitory control) would differentially associate with child behavioral outcomes. Conversations between 80 caregivers (45% Latinx; 55% Black) and their children (M age = 11.09; 46% female) were rated for ERS. Measures included an inhibitory control composite (ages 2.5–3.5) and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; age 12). Three profiles were determined: Comprehensive (n = 34), Reactive (n = 8), and Pragmatic (n = 38). Only youth with low inhibitory control in preschool appeared to benefit from Pragmatic ERS, whereas youth with normative or high inhibitory control in early childhood displayed lower internalizing and externalizing behaviors when they had Comprehensive or Reactive rather than Pragmatic caregivers.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Introduction -- PART ONE. Identity Theories and New Frameworks -- 1. Nontraditional, Nonconforming, and Transgressive Gender Expression and Relationship Modalities in Black Communities / Phillips, Layli / Stewart, Marla R. -- 2. Creation Out of Bounds / Cunningham, E. Christi -- 3. On the Fear of Small Numbers / Page, Enoch H. / Richardson, Matt U. -- 4. Blackness, Sexuality, and Transnational Desire / Allen, Jafari S. -- PART TWO. Descriptions, Depictions, and Responses -- 5. Pathologizing Black Sexuality / Mcgruder, Kevin -- 6. Dangerous Profiling / Tapia, Ruby / Mccune, Jeffrey / Brody, Jennifer Devere -- 7. Revisiting Black Sexualities in Families Problems, Puzzles, and Prospects / Childs, Erica Chito / Laudone, Stephanie / Tavernier, Latoya -- 10. Black Sexual Citizenship / Cahill, Sean -- 11. Racialized Justice Spreads HIV/AIDS among Blacks / Lemelle, Anthony J. -- 12. Black and Latino Same-Sex Couple Households and the Racial Dynamics of Antigay Activism / Cahill, Sean -- PART FOUR. Negotiating Systemic and Personal Stresses -- 13. Blacks and Racial Appraisals / Mcguffey, C. Shawn -- 14. When Secrets Hurt / Peterson, Robert -- 15. Black Female Sex Workers / Tatum, Stephanie L. -- 16. Yes, Jesus Loves Me / Rawls, Tonyia M. -- PART FIVE. The Life Course -- 17. Black Mother-Daughter Narratives about Sexuality / Barnes, Sandra L. / Bynum, Mia Smith -- 18. Black Youth Sexuality / Hunter, Marcus Anthony / Guerrero, Marissa / Cohen, Cathy J. -- 19. "I'll Be Forever Mackin' " / Gray, Jonathan W. -- 20. Black Senior Women and Sexuality / Dickerson, Bette J. / Rousseau, Nicole -- Epilogue -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX