Internalized Oppression Among Pacific Island Peoples

Salzman, Michael B.; Laenui, Poka

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“…Similarly, the development of schools or similar educational spaces (e.g., workshops, after‐school programs, etc.) that promote cultural recovery and empowerment seem promising ways to address internalized racism among Native Americans (e.g., see Gonzalez, Simard, Baker‐Demaray, & Iron Eyes, , for a review), Pacific Islanders (e.g., see Salzman & Laenui, , for a review), African Americans, (e.g., see Bailey, Williams, & Favors, , for a review), and Asian Americans (e.g., see Millan & Alvarez, , for a review) largely because such efforts tend to address power imbalances in the larger society. Further, in addition to strengthening individual and systemic factors that may serve as protection against the development of internalized racism, these community‐level efforts attempt to develop critical awareness among Peoples of Color and spark collective action to challenge racially oppressive social systems—the root cause of internalized racism.…”

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Internalized Racism: A Systematic Review of the Psychological Literature on Racism's Most Insidious Consequence

David

Schroeder

Fernandez

2019

Journal of Social Issues

149

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Racism is often thought of as existing and operating at the interpersonal and institutional levels. One aspect of racism that has been relatively forgotten, however, is its internalized component: racism that exists and operates at the internalized level. Surprisingly, even psychology—the field that is arguably best equipped to study the internalized component of racism—seems to have lagged in investigating and addressing this construct. Thus, we conducted a systematic literature review of psychological work on internalized racial oppression to better understand what is currently known, what the recent surge in scholarship has contributed, and where the research and service gaps are in order to identify areas for future growth. Overall, psychological attention on internalized racism seems to be increasing, and there have been some exciting conceptual (e.g., cognitive behavioral conceptualization, moving toward “appropriated racial oppression”) and empirical (e.g., development of scales, correlates with mental health variables) developments. However, our review also revealed a need for more work that: (1) utilizes qualitative or mixed methods; (2) focuses on the experiences of different racial and ethnic groups; (3) investigates how internalized racism intersects with other forms of internalized oppression; (4) clarifies the connection of internalized racism with other theoretically similar phenomena; and (5) incorporates social justice and advocacy in clinical and community services to balance unequal power dynamics that perpetuate racism—the root cause of internalized racism.

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Internalized Racism: A Systematic Review of the Psychological Literature on Racism's Most Insidious Consequence

David

Schroeder

Fernandez

2019

Journal of Social Issues

149

153

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“…Researchers have found that internalized racism is related to various indicators of mental health and well-being among Asian Americans (David, 2013; Millan & Alvarez, 2014) and Pacific Islanders (for a review, see Salzman & Laenui, 2014). For example, internalized racism seems to be related with lower levels of personal and collective self-esteem, lower levels of ethnic identity, lower levels of life satisfaction, and more depression symptoms among Filipino Americans (David, 2008; David & Okazaki, 2006).…”

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Internalized racial oppression as a moderator of the relationship between experiences of racial discrimination and mental distress among Asians and Pacific Islanders.

Garcia

David

Mapaye

2019

Asian American Journal of Psychology

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This brief report examined the relationship of racial/ethnic discrimination and internalized racial oppression with mental distress in a sample of Asians and Pacific Islanders (APIs) in Alaska, where APIs compose the third largest racial group after Whites and Native Americans/Alaska Natives. Methods involved a cross-sectional, self-administered survey of 225 adult APIs in three Alaskan communities with large API populations. A subsample of the respondents who experienced racial/ethnic discrimination (n ϭ 123) was then selected to assess associations among mental distress, racial/ethnic discrimination, various manifestations of internalized racial oppression, and social support. The potential interaction between racial/ethnic discrimination and internalized inferiority (one manifestation of internalized oppression) in predicting mental distress was also tested. Results show that both racial/ethnic discrimination, r ϭ .32, p Ͻ .01, and internalized inferiority, r ϭ .22, p Ͻ .05, had a significant positive correlation with mental distress. Regression analysis indicates a significant interaction between racial/ ethnic discrimination and internalized inferiority when predicting mental distress (␤ ϭ 0.83, p Ͻ .001). This interaction suggests that with increasing levels of internalized inferiority, the link between racial/ ethnic discrimination and mental distress was amplified. Future research implications are discussed. What is the public significance of this article?This brief report explored one potential factor that may influence the link between experiences of racism and mental health among Asians and Pacific Islanders. The results suggest that Asians and Pacific Islanders who tend to internalize the racism are more mentally distressed by their experiences of racism.

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“…Beyond the CMS, other literature on CM addresses it as experienced by Samoans (Faaleava, 2020), Mexicans (Miranda, 2011), and Peoples of Color in general (Hal, 2011). Relatedly, work has increased on internalized racism-a more general term often used interchangeably with CM-among other communities with similar histories of colonialism and oppression such as Latinx people (Hipolito-Delgado et al, 2014), Indigenous peoples of North America (Gonzalez et al, 2014), African Americans (Bailey et al, 2011), Vietnamese Americans (Huynh, 2022), Pacific Island Peoples (Salzman & Laenui, 2014), and Peoples of Color in general (Campón & Carter, 2015). Indeed, from the classic literature on colonialism to the more contemporary body of research on its psychological consequences, it is clear that CM is a worldwide phenomenon.…”

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Colonial mentality: Manifestations, operations, and psychological implications.

Rebadulla,

Guerrero,

David

2024

Decolonial Psychology: Toward Anticolonial Theories, Research, Training, and Practice.

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Internalized Oppression Among Pacific Island Peoples

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Internalized Racism: A Systematic Review of the Psychological Literature on Racism's Most Insidious Consequence

Internalized Racism: A Systematic Review of the Psychological Literature on Racism's Most Insidious Consequence

Internalized racial oppression as a moderator of the relationship between experiences of racial discrimination and mental distress among Asians and Pacific Islanders.

Colonial mentality: Manifestations, operations, and psychological implications.

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