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Title: A Retrospective Analysis of Racial Discrimination Experiences for Latinx Adolescents and Young Adults
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2022
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ISSN: 1532-7795
DOI: 10.1111/JORA.12756
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PMID: 35437826
Abstract: Encounters with racial discrimination occur from various sources and contexts for Latinx youth. From a historical context, Latinx have long experienced anti-immigrant sentiment and have been treated as perpetual foreigners. This study centers the voices of U.S.-born Latinx youth and explores their experiences of discrimination in 83 in-depth interviews (15–25 years, (Formula presented.) age = 21.27, SD = 2.10; 58% Female). Through retrospective accounts, we identified four themes across narratives: assumed (illegal) immigrant, assumed unintelligent, assumed criminal, assumed inferior. Overt and subtle discrimination occurred across contexts and from multiple sources including peers, store employees, and strangers. The findings have implications for understanding Latinx youth make meaning of past experiences of discrimination and how those experiences are interpreted later in life.
Url: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35437826/
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Authors: Pasco, Michelle C.; Flores-González, Nilda; Atkin, Annabelle Lin
Periodical (Full): Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Pages: 636-649
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