@article{johnson_ebert_2024, title={"A Future for White Children": Examining Family Ideologies of White Extremist Groups at the Intersection of Race and Gender}, volume={11}, ISSN={["2329-4973"]}, DOI={10.1177/23294965241275141}, abstractNote={Many White Americans believe that racism, racial violence, and hate groups are relics of the past, and yet we have witnessed the resurgence of White extremist groups and overt racism in recent years. This resurgence requires an examination of White extremist ideologies, particularly as they center traditional family values in justifying their extremism. In this study, we utilize a content analysis of the websites of six White extremist organizations to examine ideologies surrounding the family at the intersection of race and gender. Furthermore, we question why these ideologies take shape as they do and the potential implications of espousing family values with a rise in White extremism. Our study addresses the gender gap in existing White extremist research and highlights the need for an intersectional approach in understanding how ideologies differ between a White extremist group specifically for women and those under the leadership of men.}, number={6}, journal={SOCIAL CURRENTS}, author={Johnson, Katherine and Ebert, Kim}, year={2024}, month={Dec}, pages={549–566} }
 @article{johnson_2024, title={Rejecting Multiracial Stereotypes: Parental Socialization Practices at the Intersection of Race and Gender}, ISSN={["2332-6506"]}, DOI={10.1177/23326492241264219}, abstractNote={Stereotypes surrounding multiracial individuals include being viewed as inherently attractive because of their mixed-race background, and, therefore, having a superiority complex, which reinforces racial hierarchies and creates division and tension within communities of color. This superiority complex is often rooted in colorism and proximity to White beauty standards. Drawing upon in-depth, semistructured interviews with 19 sets of interracial parents in the United States, I describe parents’ awareness and perceptions of these stereotypes at the intersection of race and gender. Parents understand that their Black multiracial boys must contend with both multiracial stereotypes and controlling images of Black men and boys. I argue that parents’ understanding of both multiracial stereotypes, like the Biracial Beauty Stereotype, and controlling images of Black boys and men informs their racial socialization practices as they help their child(ren) build a positive racial identity and prepare for discrimination.}, journal={SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY}, author={Johnson, Katherine}, year={2024}, month={Jul} }
 @article{johnson_2024, title={The multiracial family as an anomaly: Experiences of monoracism}, ISSN={["1741-3737"]}, DOI={10.1111/jomf.12995}, abstractNote={Abstract Objective Through qualitative in‐depth interviews with interracial parents across the United States, this study explores how multiracial families as a unit experience monoracism via racial surveillance, voyeurism, and dissection. Background Despite increasing representations of mixed‐race families in various media, studies find that many people in the United States assume that family members should phenotypically resemble each other and also represent one obvious racial category. Interracial partners and multiracial families experience the paradox of being both the “ideal” family in a post‐racial US society, but also an anomalous family that challenges assumptions about what family is. This study examines two broad research questions: (1) How do interracial parents and their multiracial families experience racism and/or other forms of discrimination? (2) How do families make sense of and respond to these experiences? Method This study utilized qualitative in‐depth interviews with 19 sets of interracial parents, or 38 individuals, in the US Black‐White, Asian‐White, and Black‐Asian families are included in the sample. Results Interracial parents in this study discussed experiencing racial dissection, surveillance, and voyeurism in their daily lives, which the author identified as mechanisms of monoracism. Monoracism, typically studied as an experience of multiracial people, is a form of oppression that targets those who do not fit into one racial category. However, monoracism also impacts multiracial family units. As a result, multiracial families were often prepared to prove their familial bonds, such as through birth certificates, or altered their behavior in public as a means of “performing” family in more obvious ways. Conclusion Through a MultiCrit lens, this study reveals how interracial parents and their children experience monoracism. This study extends previous scholarship by exploring how multiracial families as a unit experience and navigate monoracism in their daily lives.}, journal={JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY}, author={Johnson, Katherine}, year={2024}, month={Apr} }