When You Look Like the Enemy

Akiyama, Cliff

doi:10.1093/brief-treatment/mhn002

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“…Sensitivity to status-based rejection has been associated with higher levels of internalizing symptomatology among Asian American college students (Chan & Mendoza-Denton, 2008) as well as with negative affect, lower levels of well-being, and feelings of alienation and rejection among African American college students (Mendoza-Denton et al, 2002). Results from several other empirical studies with Asian Americans are consistent with this exacerbating hypothesis (e.g., R. M. Lee, 2005;Noh, Kaspar, Hou, & Rummens, 1999;Yip et al, 2008;Yoo & Lee, 2005, 2008. In sum, there is theoretical and empirical support for both the buffering and exacerbating hypotheses regarding the role of ethnic identity in the link between racial/ethnic discrimination and adjustment outcomes among Asian Americans.…”

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“…Most importantly, South Asians (compared with East Asians) have experienced a unique backlash in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and may face qualitatively different forms of racial discrimination (Mio, Nagata, Tsai, & Tewari, 2007). South Asians are frequent targets of racism, discrimination, and hate crimes, given stereotypes that they “look like the enemy” (Akiyama, 2008), and this community continues to cope with racism-related fears and stress (Inman, Yeh, Maden-Bahel, & Nath, 2007; Tummala-Narra, Inman, & Ettigi, 2011). However, little is known about the discrimination-adjustment link in South Asians and East Asians.…”

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Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and antisocial behaviors among Asian American college students: Testing the moderating roles of ethnic and American identity.

Park

Schwartz

Lee³

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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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The present study tested the moderating roles of ethnic identity and American identity on the association between perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and antisocial behaviors among Asian American college students. Using data from the Multi-Site University Study of Identity and Culture (MUSIC) collaborative, the sample included 1,362 East Asian and South Asian American college students. Perceived discrimination was significantly associated with antisocial behaviors for both East Asians and South Asians. Ethnic identity was not a significant moderator of the discrimination-antisocial behavior link, but American identity exacerbated the association between perceived discrimination and antisocial behaviors for both East Asians and South Asians. Interestingly, the explanatory power of the regression model was greater for South Asians than for East Asians in predicting antisocial behaviors. The importance of attending to American identity as a potential source of risk for Asian American college students exposed to racial/ethnic discrimination is discussed.

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Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and antisocial behaviors among Asian American college students: Testing the moderating roles of ethnic and American identity.

Park

Schwartz

Lee³

et al. 2013

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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“…For instance, Southeast Asian students are portrayed both as model minorities and as high school dropouts and gangsters (Chhuon & Hudley, 2010; Ngo & Lee, 2007). Additionally, South Asians faced discrimination and harassment post-9/11 for “resembling” caricatures of terrorists (Akiyama, 2008; Malos, 2010), which is a stark contrast from their image as model minorities. More research is needed to understand different Asian ethnic groups’ relationship to the model minority myth and how that relationship shapes their activism.…”

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