"FOB" and "whitewashed": Identity and internalized racism among second generation Asian Americans

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-172

  Pyke, Karen ^a   Dang, Tran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acculturation; Asian Americans; Ethnic identity; Internalized racism; Second generation Americans

Indexed keywords

EID: 3943049984     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022957011866     Document Type: Article

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