ASA 3 Lecture Notes - Model Minority, Asian Americans, Acculturation
3 Jun 2014
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Study: compare aa college students with racially different peers on degree of cross-racial engagement and empirically tests relationship with sense of coherence. Aa have lower cross racial engagement with other groups. With aa, competence is predicted by higher cross-racial engagement (so lower cross-racial. Lower cross-racial engagement = lower sense of coherence engagement = lower sense of coherence. Color prejudice keeps aa target of racial discrimination. Pressures to fulfill stereotype may result to distress and anxiety -> detracts attention from social/psychological needs. The ability to interact effectively and associate with people from other racial groups is a predictor of successful functioning. Involuntary migrant minorities have been treated as permanent members of lower caste -> do not believe american educational institution serves as a means to upward mobility (today"s aa may be less affected by history) Aa who experienced the social norms on campus to be consistent with their own received higher gpa.
