TY - JOUR
T1 - To be or not to be
T2 - an exploration of ethnic identity development in context.
AU - Way, Niobe
AU - Santos, Carlos
AU - Niwa, Erika Y.
AU - Kim-Gervey, Constance
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - This qualitative study focused on the intersection of personal and ethnic identities among forty African American, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Chinese American high school students. The patterns in content indicated that for the Puerto Ricans, the intersection of their personal and social identities was a series of accommodations to a positive peer climate and a resistance to being Dominican. For the other ethnic groups, the intersection of their personal and social identities consisted of a process of resistance and accommodation to negative stereotypes projected on them by their peers and, for African Americans, themselves.
AB - This qualitative study focused on the intersection of personal and ethnic identities among forty African American, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Chinese American high school students. The patterns in content indicated that for the Puerto Ricans, the intersection of their personal and social identities was a series of accommodations to a positive peer climate and a resistance to being Dominican. For the other ethnic groups, the intersection of their personal and social identities consisted of a process of resistance and accommodation to negative stereotypes projected on them by their peers and, for African Americans, themselves.
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U2 - 10.1002/cd.216
DO - 10.1002/cd.216
M3 - Article
C2 - 18521862
AN - SCOPUS:47249093679
SN - 1520-3247
SP - 61
EP - 79
JO - New directions for child and adolescent development
JF - New directions for child and adolescent development
IS - 120
ER -