Not your model minority: Own-group activism among Asian Americans.

Tran, Julia; Curtin, Nicola

doi:10.1037/cdp0000145

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“…In fact, correlational work has shown that endorsement of underlying structural factors driving inequality across a range of dimensions has been linked with decreased system justifying ideology and increased support of promoting diversity and disrupting prejudice (Curtin, Stewart, & Cole, 2015). Structural awareness is predicted in part by past experiences with discrimination and has been showed to indirectly predict activism to benefit the ingroup among Asian Americans by decreasing model minority beliefs (an individual, meritocratic outlook) and increasing a sense of collective identity (Tran & Curtin, 2017). In fact, structural explanations for inequality are a common theme in activist reports of motivations for collective action (Curtin, Kende, & Kende, 2016), suggesting a link between structural thinking about inequality and action for social change.…”

Section: Structural Attributionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The role of structural thinking among marginalized groups appears in the literatures on stratum and group consciousness, which explore the consequences of recognizing one's ingroup's low-power position in society, evaluating the legitimacy of this position, and endorsing collective action to address the situation (Gurin et al, 1980). This theory has later been defined as structural awareness and collective identity, and suggested to directly predict activism and mediate the effect of personal experiences on activism (Duncan, 2012;Tran & Curtin, 2017). Surprisingly, group consciousness has not been widely applied to the intraminority context.…”

Section: Structural Attributionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, Curtin et al, (2016) note that among an activist sample, awareness of historical marginalization faced by the ingroup often appeared in tandem with structural awareness of current ingroup privilege and increased sensitivity to outgroup plight. Other research on the role of structural thinking in minority activism calls for discussions of history in generating structural awareness, albeit without evidence for the importance of history (Tran & Curtin, 2017), reflecting an instinct that for attributions to be truly structural, they must also include historical knowledge. The current lack of integration presents an opportunity, as theory development relies on clear definitions of the constructs of structural thinking and historical thinking.…”

Section: Structural and Historical Thinking In Tandemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Intraminority solidarity: The role of critical consciousness

Burson

Godfrey

2020

Euro J Social Psych

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A central question in the growing field of intraminority relations is how best to promote solidarity among marginalized groups. The current article reviews existing social psychological theories of intraminority relations, with a focus on barriers to, and facilitators of, intraminority solidarity. In particular, we explore the roles of competition and identity threats in eroding solidarity, and examine how similarity perceptions, a common identity of stigma, and structural and historical attributions generate solidarity. We then suggest that critical consciousness, a theory of sociopolitical development prominent in the developmental and community psychology literatures, can integrate disparate findings and extend our understanding of solidarity among marginalized groups. Borrowing from the critical consciousness literature, we outline new theoretical predictions for fostering intraminority solidarity. This exploration furthers existing theoretical work on intraminority solidarity and intergroup relations more broadly.

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Section: Structural and Historical Thinking In Tandemmentioning

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Intraminority solidarity: The role of critical consciousness

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Godfrey

2020

Euro J Social Psych

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“…They must cope with the resulting lack of control, certainty, security, and loss of connections with mainstream society (Jost et al, 2008). Therefore, a necessary prerequisite to adopting a system-challenging ideology is structural awareness-the attribution of inequality and injustice to social structures rather than individual ability (Curtin et al, 2015;Martorana et al, 2005;Tran & Curtin, 2017). Studies have found that structural awareness mediates the relationship between experiences of discrimination and participation in collective action (Duncan, 1999;Tran & Curtin, 2017).…”

Section: System Justification and Structural Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, a necessary prerequisite to adopting a system-challenging ideology is structural awareness-the attribution of inequality and injustice to social structures rather than individual ability (Curtin et al, 2015;Martorana et al, 2005;Tran & Curtin, 2017). Studies have found that structural awareness mediates the relationship between experiences of discrimination and participation in collective action (Duncan, 1999;Tran & Curtin, 2017). Furthermore, when individuals act collectively for social change, they express not only structural awareness but structural reimagination.…”

Section: System Justification and Structural Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Communities Change When Individuals Change”: The sustainability of system‐challenging collective action

Rao

Power

2021

Euro J Social Psych

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People who challenge the status quo through collective action face tremendous obstacles-not just practically, but in their ways of thinking, existing, and relating to others. This article addresses how collective actors sustain their engagement in the face of such high costs. System-challenging collective actors must reimagine and enact new, non-normative ways of thinking, existing, and relating that transform the status quo. This article explores the social psychological processes underlying sustained system-challenging collective action through activists' narratives of politicization, experiences of identity change, and reimagination of social structures. We draw on contributions from social psychological theories of system justification and social identity to examine how system-challenging collective action is motivated and sustained. Through interviews with Chicago-based activists and organizers engaged in system-challenging collective action, we implement a qualitative thematic analysis to propose that sustainability arises from three integrated factors: shared identity, system-challenging ideology, and intentional community.

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Internalization of the model minority myth and sociodemographic factors shaping Asians/Asian Americans' experiences of discrimination during COVID‐19

Lee

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American J of Comm Psychol

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Despite appearing positive, the model minority myth (MMM), or the perception that Asian Americans are “problem‐free” minorities, maintains unfair racial hierarchies and discredits the pervasiveness of systemic racism faced by Asian Americans and other Black, Indigenous, and people of Color. This study investigated the role of internalized MMM in Asian/Asian Americans' (A/AA) experiences during the syndemic of COVID‐19 and our society's racial reckoning. Using a mixed methods approach, we analyzed A/AA college students' open‐ended responses to a query about their experiences as A/AA during COVID‐19, which resulted in qualitative themes of Personal and Vicarious Discrimination, Vigilance, Safety due to Ethnicity, Safety due to Environment, and No Difference during COVID‐19. We then conducted a series of logistic and linear regression models to examine how internalized MMM and sociodemographic factors (i.e., ethnic group, gender, and generational status) were associated with qualitative themes and quantitative measures of COVID‐related discrimination. Overall, findings demonstrated that greater internalized MMM, as well as identifying as South Asian, male, and an international/first‐generation immigrant student, were linked to fewer qualitative and quantitative reports of vicarious discrimination. We conclude with implications for research and practice in community psychology that further examine the racialized experiences among A/AA college students and ultimately seek to challenge the MMM and racial hierarchies perpetuating systems of oppression.

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Not your model minority: Own-group activism among Asian Americans.

Cited by 58 publications

References 59 publications

Intraminority solidarity: The role of critical consciousness

Intraminority solidarity: The role of critical consciousness

“Communities Change When Individuals Change”: The sustainability of system‐challenging collective action

Internalization of the model minority myth and sociodemographic factors shaping Asians/Asian Americans' experiences of discrimination during COVID‐19

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