ASA 3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Racialization, Asian Americans, Hypodescent
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Law of hypodescent ensured purity of white race. People who have as little as 1/16 racial minority heritage aren"t considered. Racial and ethnic identities of multiracial asian americans. Many racial and ethnic identity models are monoracial and don"t apply to multiracial people. Kich (1992) proposed model of biracial identity process and found three stages ja participants go through. Struggle for acceptance multiracial asian americans become more aware of their feelings and explore their identities. Self-acceptance multiracial asian americans develop a sense of positive identity and greater understanding of the meanings of race. Social construction of identities for multiracial aa not only created by themselves but also other people (suyemoto, 2002) Often identify themselves as asian rather than white. Sense of racial purity for both race. Not seen as white by other whites nor seen as asian by other asians. Often identify themselves as black rather than asian. Blacks have less sense of racial purity.
