Panethnicity in the United States: A theoretical framework

Lopez, David E.; Espiritu, Yến Lê

doi:10.1080/01419870.1990.9993669

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“…Second, as Lopez and Espiritu (1990) argue, pan-ethnicity can be formed along tow different dimensions: culture and structural constraints. Although a pan-ethnic identity reliant on cultural dimensions may provide little ground for all Asian Americans to cohere together, a pan-ethnic identity reliant on structural constraints, such as shared experiences as racially marginalized groups, can help individual Asian Americans overcome national origin loyalties.…”

Section: A Note On Pan-ethnicity Among Asian Americansmentioning

confidence: 99%

Get Out on Behalf of Your Group: Electoral Participation of Latinos and Asian Americans

Jang

2009

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With the continuous inflow of new immigrants, political participation of Latinos and Asian Americans has become increasingly important for understanding the American electoral politics. A few previous studies examining how political participation of Latinos and Asian Americans is contextually determined reported mixed empirical findings, and this paper re-examines the issue by considering how different features of racial contexts interact to influence the voting turnout of individual Latinos and Asian Americans. Theoretically, we present a model of turnout where a rational individual is motivated to participate, not only by individualistic benefits accrued to him-or herself, but also by perceptions of group-level benefitsconcerns regarding the welfare of other members of the racial group. We argue that racial contexts provide distinctive (dis-)incentives to participate, by influencing their perception of participatory benefits at the group level. Empirically, we find that the size of the group exerts a significant effect on turnout decisions of Latino and Asian American individuals, and, particularly for Latinos, its effect interacts with the economic status of the group and the overall racial heterogeneity in the county of residence.

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Section: A Note On Pan-ethnicity Among Asian Americansmentioning

confidence: 99%

Get Out on Behalf of Your Group: Electoral Participation of Latinos and Asian Americans

Jang

2009

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“…Ethnic and racial group identities and affiliations may have changed, but they certainly remain [23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. Like ethnicity, religion too lives on [30][31][32].…”

Section: Similar Criticismsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Mary Waters also finds that for some, ethnic identity involves a great deal of choice and can change over the course of one"s life [29]. David Lopez and Yen Espiritu further show that distinct ethnic groups can later take on a broader pan-ethnic identity that incorporates the ethnicities of various ethnic groups (e.g., a Chinese American taking on a broader Asian American identity) [26]. Continuing racial prejudice and discrimination can also fuel the construction and reconstruction of varied ethnic as well as pan-ethnic identities [41,[47][48][49][50][51]85].…”

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confidence: 99%

Religion and Ethnicity: Theoretical Connections

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2011

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Abstract:The religion literature in Sociology remains largely disconnected from the ethnicity and immigration literature despite enduring connections between religion and ethnicity. This review helps to close this gap. It shows how the dominant theories in each discipline follow a similar trajectory and examines how exploring the theoretical connections between religion and ethnicity can advance our understanding of each social phenomenon. In particular, it can illuminate why America remains so religious as well as why America"s religious congregations continue to be so divided along ethnic and racial lines.

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“…Moreover, like earlier European immigrants, today's immigrants have not undergone the social history of slavery of African Americans, out of which the pernicious black-white color line was born and cemented. Hence, the bipolar racial divide may be less relevant to the historical and contemporary experiences of today's Latino and Asian immigrants (Lopez and Espiritu 1990;Rodriguez 2000). By contrast, the unique history and experience of black Americans in this country, especially with regard to slavery and de jure segregation, make the black-white racial divide qualitatively different from the Latino-white or Asian-white racial divides (Bailey 2001).…”

Section: Immigration and The Construction Of Race/ethnicitymentioning

confidence: 99%