Identity Constructions and Negotiations Among 1.5- and Second-Generation Nigerians: The Impact of Family, School, and Peer Contexts

Awokoya, Janet

doi:10.17763/haer.82.2.9v77p329367116vj

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“…The analysis presented in this paper draws upon concepts used in the research literature concerning ethnic, national and racial identity construction and negotiation among adolescent minorities in educational contexts (e.g. Jackson, ; Peek, ; Stritikus & Mguyen, ; Stewart, ; Chen, ; Awokoya, ). Identity construction is conceived as a negotiated process that is partly internal and external, determined by context and individual agency (Taylor, ; Hall, ).…”

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Religious identity choices in English secondary schools

Moulin

2014

British Educational Res J

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This paper explores religious adolescents' reported experiences of secondary schools. Fifty‐four qualitative interviews were conducted in places of worship in three cities in England with Christians (n=46), Jews (n=38) and Muslims (n=15). Secondary schools of a religious and non‐religious character were reported as not providing a suitable environment for religious observances, nor as a place to act and behave according to participants' religious principles. Religious adolescents reported prejudice and criticism of their beliefs or religious affiliations from their peers and sometimes from teachers. They also perceived their religious traditions to be distorted, inaccurately or unfairly represented in some lessons. The focus of this paper is the identity choices religious adolescents reported in response to these challenges. Three groups of identity choices are theorised and explored: religious identity seeking, religious identity declaration and religious identity masking. The findings are discussed in view of religious identity construction theory, good practice for teachers and also the potential concerns of faith communities.

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Religious identity choices in English secondary schools

Moulin

2014

British Educational Res J

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“…Moreover, coethnic peers in Korean churches during adolescence appeared to serve as confidantes and cultural reference groups, which seemed to help them find comfort and normalize their family experiences that differed from those of their majority American peers. Research has shown that coethnic peers are important for youths from immigrant backgrounds to explore and work on issues of ethnic identity (Awokoya, 2012;Phinney et al, 2001). Although a meaningful and deeper understanding of and empathy toward parents through cultural and immigrant lens might not develop until later in life (Kang & Larson, 2014), coethnic church friends during adolescence appear to serve an important function as youths navigate the cultural challenges related to their family life.…”

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The Role of Immigrant Churches in the Ethnic Socialization of Korean American Youths

Kang¹

2017

Child Studies in Asia-Pacific Contexts

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This study explored the role of Korean immigrant churches as a social context for Korean American youths, with a specific focus on its role in ethnic socialization. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 23 Korean American young adults. The results show that such churches serve as a salient social context for Korean American youths in which day-to-day lives are deeply integrated. Specifically, they serve as a salient context for coethnic peer relationships and family interactions. Moreover, Korean immigrant churches play a salient role as an agent of enculturation for Korean American youths by engaging them in cultural socialization, constructing and transmitting immigrant discourse, and providing a coethnic community. Taken as whole, findings suggest a distinct and salient role of immigrant churches in the lives of Korean American youths and highlight the importance of studying the social context specific to the children of immigrants.

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“…The other participants conveyed similar preconceived notions thought the contexts of their reflections either directly or indirectly. The contexts were typically related to feelings of being perceived criminals merely based from exclusionary practices and policies that are xenophobic or phenotypic observations of other folks (Awokoya 2012;Heitzeg 2015;Hibbing, Smith, and Alford 2014). Miles and Brown (2003) emphatically argue that the nature of 'racism' is not static and limited to these bases.…”

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“…Next, the origin of this experience came from folks that were influential at the place from which he understood knowledge to come from, thus most probably significant to those processes (Awokoya 2012;Duncan 2005; Jackson III 2012). Then, the subject matter of the experience indicates that the folks of influence are conveying that Acey needs to be "well advanced."…”

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The Perching and Flights of Racism

Crayton¹

2020

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Racism <i>is not </i>some static conception reflecting merely xenophobic feelings or hierarchical mindsets among individuals (Miles and Brown 2003). The term “racism,” in association with questions of democracy and individual opportunity, has risen into the primary weltanschauung of the American political and social psyches as represented by the September 12, 2019 Democratic Debate, political organizations, and political media. Given this weltanschauung, the purpose of this article is to seek additional knowledge toward coming to understand the perceptions of young adult Black men’s perceptions and political activations when prompted by the phenomenon of racism. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was engaged in the study of the YABMs to gain their reflective meaning-making and to protect against researcher biases. Key findings established that references to matters political involved the participants experiences with their communities, concerns with helping others in that community in a reciprocal manner, and the exclusionary practices found that challenges said community. These characteristics occur simultaneously as a meaning” of “the political” for each of the participants (Miller 1980). Theoretically, the extent to which these characteristics played into their perceptions of the political in-turn affect their decision-making and activations of political perceptions and behaviors. This theoretical conception was carried forward toward gaining knowledge of young adult Black men’s perceptions of political experiences serve as a source of data for this article; specifically, the data referencing matters of race (Crayton 2019).

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Identity Constructions and Negotiations Among 1.5- and Second-Generation Nigerians: The Impact of Family, School, and Peer Contexts

Cited by 82 publications

References 37 publications

Religious identity choices in English secondary schools

Religious identity choices in English secondary schools

The Role of Immigrant Churches in the Ethnic Socialization of Korean American Youths

The Perching and Flights of Racism

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