Racial attitudes and Asian Pacific Americans : demystifying the model minority / Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Inkelas, Karen Kurotsuchi.

Series:

Asian Americans

Studies in Asian Americans

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Americans--Race identity.

Asian Americans.

Pacific Islander Americans--Race identity.

Pacific Islander Americans.

Asian Americans--Attitudes.

Pacific Islander Americans--Attitudes.

Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.

Pacific Islander Americans--Ethnic identity.

Ethnicity.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

xiv, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

This study examines the complex sources and implications of the racial attitudes of Asian Pacific American (APA) college students, who, as one of the fastest growing demographics in higher education enrollments, play an increasingly significant role in campus race relations. Drawing upon research on racial attitudes, racial/ethnic identity, and college impact theory, this study explores the views of APA students on such contemporary and controversial racial issues as affirmative action principles and practices, discrimination and social inequality, and racial/ethnic identification.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Problem and Context 1

Chapter 2 Overview of Literature 21

Chapter 3 Analytical Methods and Conceptual Framework 45

Chapter 4 Results 75

Chapter 5 Results Utilizing the Comprehensive Conceptual Model 129

Appendix A Summary of Individual Items within Indices 195

Appendix B Means and Standard Deviations of the Variables in the Study 199.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index.

ISBN:

0415979366

OCLC:

64453294

Publisher Number:

9780415979368

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