“…The former refers to slavery and the latter includes several reasons such as escaping poverty, looking for better economic opportunities or escaping religious and political persecution (Kortenaar, 2009). For example, in the 20th century, immigrants were mainly European (Honigefled, Giouroukakis, & Garfinkel, 2011) who fled first religious and political persecution or poverty after the Second World War (Kortenaar, 2009). In the 21st century, Asians and Latinos, who have immigrated voluntarily, seeking economic opportunities or being pushed by political expulsion, are considered as people of color and have experienced prejudice and discrimination in the United States (Sears, Fu, Henry, & Bui, 2003).…”