Asian American college students continue to experience racism at the individual and systemic levels. Research on racial socialization (RS), or information about sociocultural norms and practices, suggests that RS may have benefits for Asian Americans in dealing with racism (Thai et al., 2017). Scholars have typically examined RS that occurs in parent--child dynamics, given that parents are usually the main source of youth socialization (Priest et al., 2014). The most common RS framework identifies three main RS strategies parents use (Hughes et al., 2006). "Cultural socialization" is a technique that instills racial and ethnic pride through books, holiday celebrations, and media. "Preparation for bias" refers to parents helping children become aware that discrimination exists in the world. "Promotion of mistrust" describes messages warning children to be wary of other races. Although RS research has overwhelmingly focused on messages from parents, scholars have noted a lack of empirical attention to non-parental communication agents, particularly among youths transitioning into emerging adulthood (Priest et al., 2014). Non-parental messengers may be especially salient among Asian American college students, given that parents may not be as proactive in discussing race (Young et al., 2020). Notably, RS may also take place outside of parent--child relationships. For example, colleges represent an institutional structure that communicates messages about race to students (Byrd, 2019). To expand the scope and role of RS messages on Asian Americans' racism-related mental health issues, the current study tested both parental and school RS messages as moderators in the relationship between racial discrimination and psychological distress.