Intimate racism from one's partner in young intercultural couples

Yampolsky, Maya A.; Rossini, Alessandra; Pagé, Justine; Leanza, Yvan; Lalonde, Richard N.

doi:10.1111/josi.12558

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“…Yampolsky et al. (2023) introduced the concept of “intimate racism” and used a qualitative method to describe experiences of racism perpetrated by a relational partner in intercultural romantic relationships. Participants, who were racial, ethnic, or cultural minority undergraduate students at a Canadian university, highlighted that intimate racism can lead to a range of negative emotions, minority stress, and identity conflict, as well as to difficulties within the relationship itself, such as avoidance or distancing from the partner.…”

Section: How Do Relationships Operate When Partners Are Faced With So...mentioning

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Relational consequences of stigma: Bridging research on social stigma with relationship science

Doyle

Barreto

2023

Journal of Social Issues

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Research on the relational effects of stigma must move beyond the intergroup context and, most importantly, focus upon the ways in which stigma itself shapes social relationships. In order to more deeply investigate the relational consequences of social stigma, researchers interested in this topic need to consider the potential contributions of relationship science. Drawing upon past theory, we pose four overarching questions that may help bridge research on social stigma with relationship science: (1) What types of relationships are relevant to understanding the social consequences of stigma? (2) How do relationships operate when partners are faced with social stigma? (3) What psychosocial tendencies do people whose identities are stigmatized bring to their relationships? (4) How does the broader social context affect relationships for members of stigmatized groups? We also consider methodological advances from relationship science, broadly defined, that may progress research in this area. Finally, we highlight the importance of eliminating discriminatory policy as well as introducing policy aimed at remediating social inequalities to ensuring equity in social health between members of stigmatized and dominant groups. It is our aim toThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Section: How Do Relationships Operate When Partners Are Faced With So...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Relational consequences of stigma: Bridging research on social stigma with relationship science

Doyle

Barreto

2023

Journal of Social Issues

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“…However, interactions with people from other groups can be challenging, and even more so for people contending with minority status or stigma. Interracial interactions with White people can generate stress, heightened vigilance, feelings of threat, ambiguous interactions, and misperceptions (Major et al., 2013; Shelton & Richeson, 2006), or even forms of “intimate racism” (Yampolsky et al., this issue).…”

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When skinfolk are kinfolk: Higher perceived support and acceptance characterize close same‐race (vs. interracial) relationships for people of color

Debrosse

Thai

Brieva

2022

Journal of Social Issues

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People of color cope with racial stigma daily. In this context, support and acceptance from people who share similar racial/ethnic backgrounds can take a special importance. In two studies, using a national U.S. sample (n = 1618) and a term-long weekly-diary design (n = 103), Black, Latine, and Asian students received more support and acceptance from close same-race (vs. interracial) relationships. Compared to White participants, Black and Latine participants reported greater support and acceptance from their relationships. Furthermore, greater support and acceptance in same-race relationships predicted greater flourishing and lower depressive affect, even after controlling for support and acceptance in interracial relationships. These results underscore the importance of same-race relationships for people of color in the U.S. In conjunction with practices addressing structural barriers, opportunities to connect with same-race peers can nurture the flourishment of people of color in the U.S. and possibly other contexts in which they are stigmatized.

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“…Although all our samples were more diverse compared to a median White racial representation of 76.2% in relationship studies from 1996 to 2020 conducted in Western countries (McGorray et al, 2023), and we recruited a more racially diverse sample in Study 2, we remained underpowered to adequately test for moderations by race. Racialized individuals in intercultural relationships can experience intimate racism from their partner (Yampolsky et al, 2023), which may prevent them from cultural sharing. Further, cultural sharing may not threaten monoracial couples with smaller differences to reconcile.…”

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Through the cultural looking glass: Diversity ideologies and cultural sharing in intercultural romantic relationships

Naeimi,

West,

Muise

et al. 2023

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Intercultural romantic relationships are increasingly common. While past work has focused on how satisfied intercultural couples are compared to monocultural couples, we focus on factors within intercultural relationships that predict partners’ relationship quality. We propose that diversity ideologies—people’s beliefs about cultural diversity—are one set of factors that influence communication about cultural differences and relationship quality. Across two cross-sectional studies of individuals and one longitudinal study of couples in intercultural relationships ( Ntotal = 838), we found that people who endorsed colorblindness—ignored cultural differences—expressed their own culture more but accepted their partner’s culture less in the relationship, in turn experiencing mixed relational outcomes. However, participants who endorsed multiculturalism—acknowledged cultural differences and aimed to preserve cultures as distinct—or polyculturalism—recognized cultural differences and viewed cultures as interconnected—expressed their own culture and accepted their partner’s culture more and in turn experienced higher relationship quality. Our studies provide the first empirical examination of how diversity ideologies shape the way intercultural couples communicate about their cultural differences and subsequently impact their relationship quality.

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Intimate racism from one's partner in young intercultural couples

Cited by 8 publications

References 110 publications

Relational consequences of stigma: Bridging research on social stigma with relationship science

Relational consequences of stigma: Bridging research on social stigma with relationship science

When skinfolk are kinfolk: Higher perceived support and acceptance characterize close same‐race (vs. interracial) relationships for people of color

Through the cultural looking glass: Diversity ideologies and cultural sharing in intercultural romantic relationships

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