Examining the Impact of Racism on Coping Among Asian Americans

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannen Vong ◽  
Eric L. Kohatsu
Keyword(s):  
Asian Americans ◽  
The Impact

Voting Rights, Election Administration, and Turnout for Racial Minorities

2020 ◽  
pp. 91-110
Author(s):  
Michael Ritter
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Hispanic Americans ◽  
Election Administration ◽  
Midterm Elections ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Racial Ethnic ◽  
Over Time

Race and ethnicity group identity also shape participation in politics, with non-Hispanics whites being the most likely to vote in U.S. elections over time. Can accessible elections shrink turnout inequality between non-Hispanic whites and racial/ethnic minorities (African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans)? Chapter 6 empirically evaluates the impact of convenience voting laws and election administration on the change in the probably of voting in midterm and presidential elections comparing across racial subgroups. The results show that same day registration boosts turnout among non-Hispanics whites, as well as Asian Americans, Hispanics, and African Americans, in presidential and midterm elections. Early in-person voting especially advantages blacks and Hispanics in midterm elections, while absentee/mail voting is found to have similar effects for Asian Americans. Both non-Hispanic whites and racial and ethnic minorities benefit from quality state election administration.

scholarly journals The Impact of Structural Inequities on Older Asian Americans During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kris Pui Kwan Ma ◽  
Adrian Matias Bacong ◽  
Simona C. Kwon ◽  
Stella S. Yi ◽  
Lan N. Ðoàn
Keyword(s):  
Asian Americans ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Asian Immigrants ◽  
Language Diversity ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
Vaccination Programs ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Structural Inequities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Structural racism manifests as an historical and continued invisibility of Asian Americans, whose experiences of disparities and diverse needs are omitted in research, data, and policy. During the pandemic, this invisibility intersects with rising anti-Asian violence and other persistent structural inequities that contribute to higher COVID-19 mortality in older Asian Americans compared to non-Hispanic whites. This perspective describes how structural inequities in social determinants of health—namely immigration, language and telehealth access, and economic conditions—lead to increased COVID-19 mortality and barriers to care among older Asian Americans. Specifically, we discuss how the historically racialized immigration system has patterned older Asian immigrant subpopulations into working in frontline essential occupations with high COVID-19 exposure. The threat of “public charge” rule has also prevented Asian immigrants from receiving eligible public assistance including COVID-19 testing and vaccination programs. We highlight the language diversity among older Asian Americans and how language access remains unaddressed in clinical and non-clinical services and creates barriers to routine and COVID-19 related care, particularly in geographic regions with small Asian American populations. We discuss the economic insecurity of older Asian immigrants and how co-residence in multigenerational homes has exposed them to greater risk of coronavirus transmission. Using an intersectionality-informed approach to address structural inequities, we recommend the disaggregation of racial/ethnic data, meaningful inclusion of older Asian Americans in research and policy, and equitable investment in community and multi-sectoral partnerships to improve health and wellbeing of older Asian Americans.

scholarly journals Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) use in Cancer Patients of Immigration Background

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Wu ◽  
Yunhong Wu ◽  
Vijaya Natarajan ◽  
Prabhsimranjot Singh ◽  
Waseem Cheema ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Symptom Relief ◽  
The Us ◽  
Cam Use ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

Abstract Background: Previous studies have shown that cancer patients are more likely to use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) than non-cancer patients for immune enhancement and symptom relief. We hypothesized that cancer patients with immigration background may seek out CAM use more readily than the US born patients due to the impact from their cultural background.Methods: This is a prospective, single institution, questionnaire study on cancer patient for the use of CAM. Correlates of CAM use with age, sex, cancer types, stages, race, birthplace, immigration duration, first language use, marital status, levels of poverty, education and anxiety, were studied.Results: Among 658 patients, the prevalence of CAM use was 66.11%. CAM use was 71.98% in females and 54.34% in males (p=1.13x10-5), 67.09% in patients ≥ 38 years old and 46.88% in patients < 38 years old (p=0.0215). Patients of African descent had higher CAM use (72.73%) than the Caucasians and Others (63.53%) (p=0.0371). There was no difference of CAM use between the US born (68.77%) and the immigrants (63.98%) as a whole; however, Asian born immigrants had lower CAM use (53.77%) than the US born (66.50%) (p=0.0161), while the Latin-American born had a trend towards higher CAM use (74.83%, P=0.0608). The number of years living in the US by the immigrants did not have an association with CAM use. Among psychosocial economic factors, married patients had a lower CAM use (61.23%) than the unmarried (70.85%) (p=0.0102). The levels of education, poverty and anxiety did not show a statistical difference in relation to CAM use, nor was the difference between the early or late stages of disease. Prayer and spirituality, and Dietary medicine were the two most common CAM subtypes used (25.91% and 16.12%, respectively). African Americans showed the highest rate of using Prayer and spirituality (84.72%) while the Asian Americans had the lowest rate (40.32%). Conclusions: Among cancer patients of multi-ethnic and immigration background, CAM use was higher in African American patients, and lower in Asian Americans, as compared to the US born, or to Caucasians. Cultural roots appeared to be a strong influencing factor for the selection of CAM.

The Impact of Ethnically Matched Animated Agents (Avatars) in the Cognitive Restructuring of Irrational Career Beliefs Held by Young Women

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn L. Hacker ◽  
Amanda O. Hardy ◽  
Jacqueline Webster ◽  
Xue (Yidan) Zhang ◽  
John J. Horan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Career Beliefs ◽  
Animated Agents ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Ethnically Isolated

The Believe It! program developed and evaluated by was the first interactive, multimedia, psychological-education intervention deployed on the Internet. In a controlled study, the authors reported that the ethnically diverse cartoon models were partially successful in using cognitive restructuring to promote more reasonable career beliefs among Caucasian middle-school young women. It was not clear if the program's lack of efficacy among minority young women was due to computer literacy factors affected by SES. Subsequently, four studies explored the role of matching or mismatching the ethnicity of animated agents in a graphically enhanced program with young women receiving the cognitive restructuring treatment. Each of the studies used the same four outcome measures (Occupational Sex-Role Questionnaire, Believe It Measure, Career Beliefs Inventory, and the Career Myths Scale) before and after matched and mismatched participants received the Believe It! intervention. analyzed data from African-American participants, Latinas, Asian-Americans, and ethnically isolated Caucasian young women. The current article reports that the results of these four studies are consistent with similar research involving live counselor and client dyads (e.g., ). The Believe It! program had a clear impact on ethnically matched African-American young women, whereas pairings on ethnicity produced, at best, marginally improved outcomes for Latinas, Asian-Americans, and ethnically isolated Caucasian young women.

Men and Women of Elite Law Firms: Reevaluating Kanter's Legacy

2000 ◽  
Vol 25 (01) ◽  
pp. 41-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Chambliss ◽  
Christopher Uggen
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Law Firms ◽  
Minority Representation ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Organizational Rewards ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Group Effects

This paper tests the effects of minority partner representation on minority associate representation in a sample of 97 law firms from 1980 to 1990. We perform separate analyses for women, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans, and we consider both within-group and cross-group effects. We find that minority partner representation has a positive effect on minority associate representation, which is statistically significant in the case of women and Asian Americans. Our findings are consistent with lawyers' own accounts, which emphasize the impact of partner composition on the distribution of rewards within law firms. We also show how our findings clarify previous studies about the effects of minority representation on the distribution of organizational rewards, focusing particularly on Kanter's work and subsequent related research.

scholarly journals Aggressive confrontation shapes perceptions and attitudes toward racist content online

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chanel Meyers ◽  
Angelica Leon ◽  
Amanda Williams
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Perceptions Of Racism ◽  
The Impact

With more people using social media on a daily basis and the prevalence of racial discrimination online, it becomes imperative to understand what factors impact minority individuals’ perceptions of these transgressions in an online context. Confrontation to discrimination in the form of comments on social media may meaningfully shape perceptions of racism online. Across three studies, we examine how confrontation type (aggressive vs. passive) and confronter group membership (ingroup vs. outgroup) influence Asian Americans’ perceptions of online prejudice and attitudes towards the confronters. In Study 1, we find that aggressive confrontations alter perceptions of a racist online post to be more offensive as compared to passive confrontations. In Study 2, these findings extend to participants’ likelihood to report the content as offensive. Lastly, in Study 3, we find that aggressive confronters are evaluated more positively than passive confronters. These findings have important implications for understanding racial discrimination in an online context by demonstrating the impact of confrontation type on minority individuals’ perceptions and behaviors.

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