ERIC Number: EJ1054429
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Sep
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1938-8926
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"Fresh off the Boat?" Racial Microaggressions That Target South Asian Canadian Students
Poolokasingham, Gauthamie; Spanierman, Lisa B.; Kleiman, Sela; Houshmand, Sara
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, v7 n3 p194-210 Sep 2014
The present study sought to examine South Asian Canadian undergraduate students' (N = 7) experiences with racial microaggressions at a research-intensive Canadian university. Participants ranged in age from 19-23 years and comprised various ethnic groups (e.g., Indian, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, and Tamil). Data were collected during a semistructured focus group interview and were analyzed using the consensual qualitative research method (Hill, Thompson, & Williams, 1997). Eight themes emerged. Novel themes included the following: "perceived as fresh off the boat," "excluded from social life," "notion that being Brown is a liability," "assumption of ties to terrorism," and "compelled to be a cultural expert." Three additional themes were consistent with prior research on Asian Americans (Sue, Bucceri, Lin, Nadal, & Torino, 2007): "ascription of intelligence in stereotypical domains," "invalidation of interethnic and racial differences," and "treated as invisible." Implications for research and campus interventions are discussed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asians, Racial Bias, Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Research Universities, Ethnic Groups, Semi Structured Interviews, Focus Groups, Qualitative Research, Student Surveys, Investigations, Social Life, Social Attitudes, Stereotypes, Terrorism, Intelligence, Cultural Awareness, Racial Differences, Social Theories
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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