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Perry and Pickett’s (2016, as cited in Heberle et al., 2020) research concluded that unemployment rates are higher for Black and Latinx folks than White folks.

Researchers found in contrast to White families, families of color were led to obtain housing in poor, low-quality communities due to the discrimination during the home-buying process.

Critical Consciousness in Youth and Racial Discrimination
When a person is conscious of their privilege, mindful of oppression and discrimination, and when they address and counteract these injustices, they are expressing critical consciousness. Additionally, critical consciousness can grow in individuals as a result of inequalities they may face such as racial discrimination.

The researchers, Heberle, Rapa, and Farago (2020), conducted a systematic review on critical consciousness. The research focused on 67 qualitative and quantitative studies regarding the effects of critical consciousness in youth within the past 22 years. One of the studies included in their report by Ngo (2017), studied an extracurricular program that analyzed the racial discrimination faced by Hmong adolescents and the exploration of critical consciousness through theater. The non-scholastic theater program encouraged this group of students to explore their identities through the injustices they have faced and to fight against the oppression and racial discrimination they have experienced.

Critical consciousness can be used as a tool to fight against racial discrimination. Heberle et al. (2020) argues that a decrease in racial discrimination can happen when White youth are aware of differences in groups and injustices due to their critical consciousness. They might change their thinking by fostering antiracist beliefs and having awareness of their own White privilege.