Individual variations in stress response to racial microaggressions among Asian Americans.

Commonplace situations that are seemingly innocuous may nonetheless be emotionally harmful for racial minorities. In the current article the authors propose that despite their apparent insignificance, these situations can be harmful and experienced as subtle racism when they are believed to have occurred because of their race. In Study 1, Asian Americans reported greater negative emotion intensity when they believed that they encountered a situation because of their race, even after controlling for other potential social identity explanations. Study 2 replicated this finding and confirmed that the effect was significantly stronger among Asian Americans than among White participants. These findings clarify how perceptions of subtle racial discrimination that do not necessarily involve negative treatment may account for the “sting” of racial microaggressions, influencing the emotional well-being of racial minorities, even among Asian Americans, a group not often expected to experience racism.

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Asian International Student and Asian American Student: Mistaken Identity and Racial Microaggressions

Journal of International Students ◽

10.32674/jis.v9i1.278 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 39-65 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

HyeJin Tina Yeo ◽

Ruby Mendenhall ◽

Stacy Anne Harwood ◽

Margaret Browne Huntt

Keyword(s):

International Students ◽

Asian Americans ◽

Asian American ◽

Skin Color ◽

International Student ◽

Racial Microaggressions ◽

Asian International Students ◽

Mistaken Identity ◽

Asian American Students ◽

American Students

This study examines the experiences of Asian American students who are mistaken as Asian international students; it provides insight into domestic students’ perceptions of and potential racial microaggressive experiences of international students. Drawing from racial microaggressions survey data of Asian Americans, this study highlights the multiple layers of overt racism, microaggressions, and xenophobia directed against students who are perceived as Asian international students. The Asian American students’ narratives reveal that international students are often racialized by skin color, English proficiency, and nationality, which reflect U.S. racist framings of Asian Americans. Thus, we argue that racial experiences of Asian international students should be addressed as a part of U.S. racial ideology, notions of Whiteness, and racial microaggressions on campus.

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Domestic Foal Weaning: Need for Re-Thinking Breeding Practices?

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani10020361 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 361

Author(s):

Séverine Henry ◽

Hrefna Sigurjónsdóttir ◽

Aziliz Klapper ◽

Julie Joubert ◽

Gabrielle Montier ◽

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Keyword(s):

Stress Response ◽

Best Practices ◽

Animal Welfare ◽

Scientific Literature ◽

Temporal Dynamics ◽

Natural Process ◽

Stressful Events ◽

Conception Rate ◽

Weaning Stress ◽

Individual Variations

Artificial weaning is a standard practice known to be one of the most stressful events in a domestic foal’s life. Research has mainly focused on ways to alleviate weaning stress. However, there is still a need for more detailed research on what should constitute best practices with respect to animal welfare. The aim of this review is to address this issue by examining the natural weaning process. We first provide an overview of the scientific literature on the natural temporal dynamics of the dam-offspring bond in horses: it is to be noted that the natural process of weaning is little documented, individual variations have been poorly investigated and immediate effects of weaning on the mare–foal relationship remain unexplored. To partly address these gaps, we performed a study around the weaning period on 16 mare–foal pairs kept with minimal human interference. Most foals were weaned spontaneously when 9-10 months old, with individual variations mainly due to the conception rate of mares. Natural weaning induced no stress response in either partner and was performed without clear signs of rejection by the dams either just before or after. We lastly open up the discussion on the need for rethinking weaning practices under domestic conditions.

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Racial microaggressions and daily well-being among Asian Americans.

Journal of Counseling Psychology ◽

10.1037/a0031736 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 60 (2) ◽

pp. 188-199 ◽

Cited By ~ 82

Author(s):

Anthony D. Ong ◽

Anthony L. Burrow ◽

Thomas E. Fuller-Rowell ◽

Nicole M. Ja ◽

Derald Wing Sue

Keyword(s):

Asian Americans ◽

Well Being ◽

Racial Microaggressions

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COVID-19 and the Fourth Estate: Asian American Journalists’ Gendered Racial Harms and Racial Activation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly ◽

10.1177/10776990211068408 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 107769902110684

Author(s):

David C. Oh ◽

Seong Jae Min

Keyword(s):

Asian Americans ◽

Asian American ◽

Racial Microaggressions ◽

Professional Work ◽

Fourth Estate ◽

Race And Gender ◽

Racist Discourse ◽

And Gender ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

Anxiety And Fear

Through in-depth interviews, this study explored the voices of Asian American journalists who faced unprecedented stresses due to the racist discourse of Asian Americans as carriers of disease during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Socialized to de-emphasize their vulnerabilities in their professional work, Asian American reporters generally claimed they did not experience racist harms, but further probing revealed indirect harms. Women reporters discussed internalized harms such as elevated anxiety and fear, whereas men reporters referenced only external harms such as racial microaggressions. Women reporters also manifested greater self-reflexivity. The importance of analyzing race and gender in White masculine newsrooms is discussed.

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