RESPONSE TO COMMENTARY

Abstract

This collection was born from an interest in challenging ourselves and one another in the field to consistently assess our own biases, seeking to push our work into new areas so that we might uncover better ways to understand ethnic-racial identity (ERI) development. In particular, we hope that our work only ever serves to better our communities. Not only do we wish to “do no harm,” we aim to promote equity and justice through our work in whatever small ways we can. It is within this context, and recognizing biases that may come from our own positionalities as developmental psychologists, academics, scholars of color, women, community members, and parents, that we value the opportunity for dialogue with Dr. Cross. As a prominent scholar and foundational voice in the field of racial identity, we were grateful to him that he was willing to lend his perspective and opinion on this new collection of work.