Extraordinary Asian American educational achievement has often been credited to a
common cultural influence of Confucianism that emphasizes education, family honor …

Images and interpretations of the past, present, and future of the American racial and ethnic
landscape are contradictory. Many accounts focus on the increasing diversity that results …

This article aims to problematize the model minority image of Asian Americans. We argue
that America's racial and class systems of stratification have shaped and, to an important …

West Indian immigrants to the United States fare better than native-born African Americans
on a wide array of economic measures, including labor force participation, earnings, and …

Despite mounting evidence for a strong and persistent association between socioeconomic
status (SES) and health, this relationship is largely unknown among Asian immigrants, a fast …

This chapter provides a current comprehensive understanding of racial discrimination in
organizations. It begins by reviewing relevant theory that explains why racial discrimination …

The identity formation of a diaspora community is complex. The present study examines
native language maintenance and ethnic identity of first-, 1.5-, and second-generation …

We investigate the socioeconomic attainments of second‐generation Cambodian, Hmong,
Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans. Using 2000 Census data, we focus on education …

Recent qualitative research argues that Asian Americans' educational attainments are not
predicated on their parents' education, diverging from status attainment theory. Using data …

I nformal social settings outside of school are as important as formal educational settings for
children's learning and achievement. In the United States, informal settings are often …