scholarly journals Asian Americans’ Perception of Intergroup Commonality with Blacks and Latinos: The Roles of Group Consciousness, Ethnic Identity, and Intergroup Contact

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 441
Author(s):  
Saemyi Park
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Group Consciousness ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Ordered Logistic Regression ◽  
Interminority Relations

This study explores the factors that influence Asian Americans’ perception of interracial commonality with Blacks and Latinos. Using the 2018 Civic Engagement and Political Participation of Asian Americans Survey, this research tests a model of competing theoretical explanations for Asian Americans’ intergroup commonality: group consciousness, group identity, views of discrimination, and intergroup contact. Results from ordered logistic regression analyses suggest that group consciousness, ethnic identity, and intergroup contact via friendship are robust predictors of Asian Americans’ feelings of closeness to Blacks and Latinos. However, Asian Americans’ perceptions of discrimination are unlikely to result in higher levels of the perceived commonality with outgroups. This study provides a valuable addition to the existing literature on interminority relations by identifying opportunities for Asian Americans to join cross-racial alliances. The conclusion of the article points to the important role that community-based organizations can play in bringing specific Asian American ethnic groups into such coalitions and promoting direct interactions between Asian Americans and other racial groups.

scholarly journals Adapting the KAER Framework to Support Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia in Asian Americans

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 787-787
Author(s):  
Tina Sadarangani ◽  
Jennifer Zanowiak ◽  
Janet Pan ◽  
Vanessa Salcedo ◽  
Stella Yi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Asian Americans ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Advanced Disease ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cultural Relevancy ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Disease Stages ◽  
Asian American Health

Abstract Asian Americans (AAs) are frequently diagnosed with dementia in advanced disease stages and have difficulty accessing services. The NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health, set out to culturally adapt The Kickstart-Assess-Evaluate-Refer (KAER) framework to support earlier detection of dementia in AA communities. Working with Bangladeshi, Chinese, and Korean senior centers, we used a participatory action approach to assess cultural relevancy, usability and acceptability of KAER to improve timely diagnosis and access to care. We found that community-based organizations (CBOs), not physicians, were often “first responders” in identifying and managing dementia. However, CBO staff felt unprepared to “Kickstart” discussions, found certain KAER questions were not culturally appropriate, and encountered barriers in communicating their concerns to physicians. Adaptations to KAER can maximize its impact and reach in AA communities. Suggestions include group education, as opposed to individualized screening, and stronger linkages between physicians and CBOs to ensure care continuity.

Strength in Numbers: Perceptions of Political Commonality with African Americans among Asians and Asian Americans in the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-122
Author(s):  
Harvey L. Nicholson ◽  
J. Scott Carter ◽  
Arjee Restar
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
The United States ◽  
Group Consciousness ◽  
Relational Dynamics ◽  
Linked Fate ◽  
Political Alliances

Asians are now the fastest growing racial minority group in the United States. Nearly 18 million Asians and Asian Americans currently reside in the country. Approximately 44 million African Americans also live in the United States. To improve their limited social, economic, and political clout, Asians and Asian Americans in the United States (AAAUS) could benefit from the formation of mutually beneficial political alliances with African Americans, another historically marginalized racial group. However, complicated relational dynamics between African Americans and AAAUS may drastically reduce the chances of political unity. Using the 2008 National Asian American Survey, the authors examine the effects of three factors—group consciousness, linked fate, and experiences of discrimination—on perceptions of political commonality with African Americans among AAAUS. The findings show that group consciousness and linked fate positively and strongly increase the odds of perceptions of political commonality with African Americans; however, experiences of discrimination do not. The results suggest that the cultivation of mutually beneficial political alliances between African Americans and AAAUS would first require AAAUS to develop a heightened sense of group consciousness and linked fate. The potential impact of these factors on future political alliances between both groups are discussed, as are the limitations of this study.

scholarly journals Redefining the Care Continuum to Create a Pipeline to Dementia Care for Minority Populations

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 215013272092168
Author(s):  
Tina R. Sadarangani ◽  
Vanessa Salcedo ◽  
Joshua Chodosh ◽  
Simona Kwon ◽  
Chau Trinh-Shevrin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Primary Care Providers ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations

Multiple studies show that racial and ethnic minorities with low socioeconomic status are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease–related dementias (AD/ADRD) in more advanced disease stages, receive fewer formal services, and have worse health outcomes. For primary care providers confronting this challenge, community-based organizations can be key partners in supporting earlier identification of AD/ADRD and earlier entry into treatment, especially for minority groups. The New York University Center for the Study of Asian American Health, set out to culturally adapt and translate The Kickstart-Assess-Evaluate-Refer (KAER) framework created by the Gerontological Society of America to support earlier detection of dementia in Asian American communities and assist in this community-clinical coordinated care. We found that CBOs play a vital role in dementia care, and are often the first point of contact for concerns around cognitive impairment in ethnically diverse communities. A major strength of these centers is that they provide culturally appropriate group education that focuses on whole group quality of life, rather than singling out any individual. They also offer holistic family-centered care and staff have a deep understanding of cultural and social issues that affect care, including family dynamics. For primary care providers confronting the challenge of delivering evidence-based dementia care in the context of the busy primary care settings, community-based organizations can be key partners in supporting earlier identification of AD/ADRD and earlier entry into treatment, especially for minority groups.

It’s Alive! Sounds for the Vault

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-95
Author(s):  
Lewis Kawahara
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Pacific Islander ◽  
The United States ◽  
Collections Management ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
The Status

A questionnaire was sent to 93 Asian American Pacific Islander organizations and museums throughout the United States. The questionnaire queried the status of Asian American Pacific Islander sound collections that are housed by Asian American Pacific Islander community-based organizations and museums. The questionnaire asked the Respondents basic questions as well as the types of formats used, storage of sound-related materials, and collections management questions. In conclusion recommendations were made on caring and maintaining an Asian American Pacific Islander sound collection.

Community-Based Asian American and Pacific Islander Organizations and Immigrant Integration

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-58
Author(s):  
Erwin de Leon
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Pacific Islander ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Political Networks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Administrative Structures

An Urban Institute study examined immigrant integration through the lens of community-based organizations. Based on interviews with nonprofit leaders and an analysis of financial data, the study found that immigrant-serving nonprofits provide a wide range of programs and services that promote the social and political mobility of newcomers. Findings also suggest that Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area are smaller than other immigrant-serving nonprofits. AAPI groups also lack access to political networks that are crucial to securing policy and funding support. Moreover, different political and administrative structures affect the ability of these nonprofit organizations to serve their constituents.

“What Am I Doing Here?”

2018 ◽  
pp. 89-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Ming Dariotis ◽  
Arlene Daus-Magbual ◽  
Grace J. Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Asian American ◽  
American Studies ◽  
Asian American Studies ◽  
Community Service Learning ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Learning Partnerships ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Bay Area

Creating and maintaining meaningful, educational, and culturally engaging service learning partnerships between Asian American studies programs and Asian American community-based organizations (CBOs) is both challenging and rewarding. The Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University was founded in partnership with both student organizations and community-based organizations, and has sought to maintain the promise to bring university resources and knowledge into the community, while bringing community resources and wisdom into the university through a variety of campus-community partnerships. This study reviews that history in order to contextualize current relationships and practices within institutionally structured community service-learning (CSL) designated courses. A survey of students, community organization partners, and faculty engaged with Asian American service-learning in the San Francisco Bay Area reveals the benefits and challenges of culturally engaged service-learning, suggestions for best practices, and future directions.

RACIAL INCLUSION OR ACCOMMODATION?

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina Okamoto ◽  
Melanie Jones Gast
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Asian American ◽  
San Francisco Bay Area ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Organizational Leaders ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Organizational Survival ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Community Boundaries ◽  
Racial Inclusion

AbstractIn this paper, we examine how community-based organizations (CBOs) and their leaders negotiate and expand the boundaries of the communities they serve and represent. Drawing upon interviews with organizational leaders and documentary data from Asian American CBOs in the San Francisco Bay Area, we find that nearly all of the organizations in our sample engaged in cross-racial work, incorporating other racial groups into their programs, campaigns, and partnerships. However, leaders varied in how they understood this work as tied to maintaining or expanding their community of focus. The majority of the leaders in our sample discussed cross-racial work as a way to accommodate other racial groups while maintaining a focus on Asian Americans or Asian-ethnics. Other leaders included other racial groups, mainly Latinos and African Americans, in expanded missions and goals, broadening not only resources and collective action efforts, but also community boundaries through racial inclusion. We argue that pressures and incentives related to funding, shared interests, and organizational survival may encourage CBOs to engage in cross-racial work, but these factors do not necessarily sustain racial inclusion over time. Instead, how leaders identify and construct a sense of expanded group boundaries for the community that they serve and represent helps an organization to commit to racial inclusion.

Disaggregation Matters: Asian Americans and Wealth Data

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Melany De La Cruz-Viesca
Keyword(s):  
Asian Americans ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
The United States ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Asset Accumulation ◽  
American Experience ◽  
Government Data ◽  
High Degree

This policy brief explores the usefulness and limitations of existing federal government data sets in better understanding the wealth position and asset-building needs of Asian Americans. As Asian Americans continue to be one of the fastest-growing racial groups in the United States, it is critical for federal data sets to disaggregate Asian Americans by ethnicity and by immigrant versus nonimmigrant status, in order to provide a more accurate and nuanced analysis of the Asian American experience with asset accumulation. The lumping of all Asian American ethnic groups under the aggregate “Asian” category masks a high degree of variation in social and economic status across these subgroups.

“Asianness” under Construction

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly H. Chong
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Life History ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Racial Minority ◽  
Interethnic Marriage ◽  
Under Construction ◽  
Interethnic Marriages ◽  
The U.S

Based on life-history interviews of interethnically married U.S.-raised Asians, this article examines the meaning and dynamics of Asian American interethnic marriages, and what they reveal about the complex incorporative process of this “in-between” racial minority group into the U.S.. In particular, this article explores the connection between Asian American interethnic marriage and pan-Asian consciousness/identity, both in terms of how panethnicity shapes romantic/marital desires of individuals and how pan-Asian culture and identity is invented and negotiated in the process of family-making. My findings indicate that while strong pan-Asian consciousness/identity underlies the connection among intermarried couples, these unions are not simply a defensive effort to “preserve” Asian-ethnic identity and cultur against a society that still racializes Asian Americans, but a tentative and often unpremeditated effort to navigate a path toward integration into the society through an ethnically based, albeit hybrid and reconstructed identity and culture, that helps the respondents retain the integrity of “Asianness.”

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