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Racial Discrimination and Adjustment Among Asian American Youth: Vulnerability and Protective Factors in the Face of “Chinks,” “Dog-Eaters,” and “Jackie Chan”

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In our chapter we will review what we know about the prevalence of racial discrimination among Asian American children and adolescents and how these experiences of discrimination are linked to social, emotional, physical, and academic adjustment. We will consider possible vulnerability factors (e.g., family conflict) that can exacerbate the discrimination-adjustment link as well as protective factors (e.g., ethnic and racial identity, parental racial socialization) that can weaken the discrimination-adjustment link. We will show how discrimination affects not just the child who is targeted but also the people whose lives are linked to the child. We will also review research suggesting that positive parental racial socialization could foster critical awareness, reflection, and activism as ways to promote stronger racial identity, critical consciousness, and adaptive frameworks and coping strategies, so youth can more effectively deal with discrimination.

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Juang, L.P., Kiang, L. (2019). Racial Discrimination and Adjustment Among Asian American Youth: Vulnerability and Protective Factors in the Face of “Chinks,” “Dog-Eaters,” and “Jackie Chan”. In: Fitzgerald, H.E., Johnson, D.J., Qin, D.B., Villarruel, F.A., Norder, J. (eds) Handbook of Children and Prejudice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12228-7_14

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