History matters: the long-term impact of historical immigrant size on current xenophobia in Japan

Gong, Shusheng; Wang, Senhu

doi:10.1186/s40711-020-00136-5

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“…Intergroup and group threat theory postulates that a larger minority (or immigrant) out-group size increases perceptions of threatened in-group interests and anti-minority sentiments [ 31 ]. A number of studies have found evidence for this effect [ 32 , 33 ]. Our findings suggest that Hispanics as the largest immigrant minority group in the country may have suffered on this account.…”

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Pandemic and prejudice: Results from a national survey experiment

Kaushal

Huang

2022

PLoS ONE

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Do health and economic shocks exacerbate prejudice towards racial/ethnic minority groups? We investigate this question in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic by collecting nationally representative survey data with an embedded experiment. Results show that priming COVID-19 salience has an immediate impact: compared to the control group, respondents in the treatment group reported increased prejudice towards East Asian and Hispanic colleagues. East Asians in the treatment group faced higher prejudicial responses from Americans living in counties with higher COVID-19 infections and those who lost jobs due to COVID-19, and fewer prejudicial responses in counties with a higher concentration of Asians. These results point to the salience of COVID-19 fueled health and economic insecurities in shaping prejudicial attitudes, specifically towards East Asians. County-level socioeconomic factors did not moderate the increased prejudicial attitudes toward Hispanics in the workplace. These findings highlight a dimension of prejudice, intensified during the pandemic, which has been largely underreported and therefore missing from the current discourse on this important topic.

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Pandemic and prejudice: Results from a national survey experiment

Kaushal

Huang

2022

PLoS ONE

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International students’ acculturation in host countries: A typology of intergroup and intragroup contact

Ranabahu,

De Silva

2024

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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Social workers and xenophobia: The case of Türkiye

Yanardağ,

Zubaroğlu Yanardağ,

Gül

2024

Journal of Social Work

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Summary In recent years, xenophobia has become an increasingly important area of research in social work. This study was conducted in the South-Eastern Anatolia and the Mediterranean regions of Türkiye, both of which are densely populated by immigrants. In the study, the mixed method was conducted on social workers working in these regions. In the quantitative section, the Xenophobia Scale was applied on 242 social workers. In the qualitative section, 35 social workers were interviewed. Findings The findings revealed that married social workers were more xenophobic than their single counterparts ( p ≤ .05). While those who did not receive training on immigration tended to be more xenophobic than those who received training ( p ≤ .000), those who worked in the Mediterranean region tended to be more xenophobic compared to their counterparts who worked in the South-eastern Anatolia region ( p ≤ .05). In the qualitative section featured 35 social workers who fell into three categories: those who did not use xenophobic expressions but were disturbed by the problems that arose with living with immigrants, those who used xenophobic expressions, and those who did not use xenophobic expressions at all. Applications This study's findings highlight the significant role of non-xenophobic social workers in the field of migration. Additionally, it emphasizes the necessity for xenophobia-focused trainings for social workers. In conclusion, there is potential for enhancing non-xenophobic practices among social workers in the field.

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History matters: the long-term impact of historical immigrant size on current xenophobia in Japan

Cited by 4 publications

References 41 publications

Pandemic and prejudice: Results from a national survey experiment

Pandemic and prejudice: Results from a national survey experiment

International students’ acculturation in host countries: A typology of intergroup and intragroup contact

Social workers and xenophobia: The case of Türkiye

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