Racial Microaggressions and the "Forgotten" Asian Americans: Perspectives of Filipino Americans

Epidemiological patterns of suicide for Chinese, Japanese and Filipino Americans in 1980 were compared to those for whites, African Americans and Native Americans. The suicide rates of Asian Americans were quite low and in the same rank order as the suicide rates in their home nations. The suicide rates for female Asian Americans were much closer to those of male Asian Americans than was the case for other ethnic groups. Asian Americans used firearms less often for suicide as compared to other ethnic groups. However, epidemiological differences were observed between suicide in Chinese, Filipino, and Japanese Americans. In general, the epidemiology of suicide for Asian Americans showed similarities to the results of epidemiological studies of Asians in their home nations. This suggests that the epidemiological findings have validity, and also that cultural factors have an important influence on the circumstances of suicide.

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When the Seemingly Innocuous “Stings”

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin ◽

10.1177/0146167211416130 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 37 (12) ◽

pp. 1666-1678 ◽

Cited By ~ 71

Author(s):

Jennifer Wang ◽

Janxin Leu ◽

Yuichi Shoda

Keyword(s):

Social Identity ◽

Racial Discrimination ◽

Asian Americans ◽

Negative Emotion ◽

Well Being ◽

Racial Microaggressions ◽

Racial Minorities ◽

Subtle Racism ◽

Emotion Intensity ◽

Current Article

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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Increased Self-Reported Discrimination and Concern for Physical Assault Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, and Filipino Americans

10.1101/2020.09.15.20194720 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Sierra K. Ha ◽

Ann T Nguyen ◽

Chloe Sales ◽

Rachel S. Chang ◽

Hillary Ta ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ethnic Groups ◽

Asian Americans ◽

Nationwide Survey ◽

Ethnic Discrimination ◽

Physical Assault ◽

Filipino Americans ◽

Diverse Populations ◽

Future Studies ◽

The Us ◽

Racial Ethnic

Objectives. To investigate self-reported discrimination and concern for physical assault due to the COVID-19 pandemic among disaggregated Asian subgroups in the US. Methods. We conducted a nationwide survey to assess self-reported discrimination and concern for physical assault due to COVID-19 across racial/ethnic groups, including diverse subgroups of Asians. Results. Chinese respondents experienced the largest change (15% increase) in proportion of respondents reporting discrimination from 2019 to 2020 (P<.01). Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Other API showed up to 3.9 times increased odds of self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination due to COVID-19 and, with the addition of Filipino, experienced up to 5.4 times increased odds of concern for physical assault due to COVID-19 compared to Whites. Conclusions. Our study is the first to examine self-reported discrimination and concern for physical assault due to COVID-19 in subgroups of Asian Americans, finding that East (Chinese, Korean, Japanese) and Southeast (Vietnamese, Filipino) Asian Americans have been disproportionately affected. Future studies should disaggregate Asian subgroups to fully understand experiences of discrimination in diverse populations in the US.

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

Asian American Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1037/aap0000182 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 126-137

Author(s):

Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt ◽

Nolan Zane ◽

Sumie Okazaki ◽

Anne Saw

Keyword(s):

Stress Response ◽

Asian Americans ◽

Racial Microaggressions ◽

Individual Variations

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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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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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