Racism and Bullying
Team A
PSYCH 620
January 12, 2015

Racism and Bullying
Introduction: Society has been experiencing a rash of racism and bullying with no end in sight. There have been news reports of white cops killing unarmed black men and teens that have endured bullying taking their lives. The social learning skills children learn are carried into adulthood.
What is Bullying?
According to Stopbullying.gov (2013), “Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involve a real or perceived power imbalance” (p. 1). The aggressive behaviors, children, use to bully others, are verbal attacks such as name-calling, making threats, physical and exclusion from the group. Acts of bullying take place at various locations like schools, in public places, and on the Internet. Internet bullying is called cyber-bullying where children and teens use the worldwide web (WWW) to attack another with written words for all to see. “Stopbullying.gov (2013) states, Nationwide, 14.8% of students get electronically bullied, including being bullied through e-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, websites, or texting, during the 12 months before the survey” (p. 9). Bullying has always been referred to as something children do. However, in a recent study adults in the workplace are also involved in bullying.
Home Life and Stability
The home life of a child has an impact on his or her life. Children and teens, who experience a home life where verbal and physical abuse or lack of emotional connection occurs, are prone to continue the abuse into adulthood. Holt, M. K., et al., (2009) state, “… parents may influence their child’s bullying involvement, they should be included in prevention efforts, and toward that end, more needs to be understood about parent attitudes toward and awareness of bullying” (p.43).
Struggles with Identity
As children and teens