Ethnic Identification among Mixed Children in a Post-colonial Asian City

A Case in Hong Kong

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2363795
AutoresShafei Gu (0000-0001-5556-029X, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong), Eric Fong (0000-0003-1147-0182, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume67
Fascículo4-6
Páginas242-260
Data de publicação2024-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociological Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0731-1214 • E-ISSN: 1533-8673
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/07311214241275047
OpenAlexW4402937038
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas51

This paper attempts to discuss how the identification of multi-racial/ethnic children is influenced by their parents' race/ethnicity in the context of the post-colonial perspective in East Asia. By using data from the Hong Kong 2016 by-census, we have illustrated the patterns of multi-racial/ethnic children's ethnic identification when either father or mother is Chinese in a post-colonial context. We identified three major patterns. First, the ethnic composition of parents, especially when they involve a Chinese (the majority group) or South Asian parent, has a strong relationship with how the parents identify their children's ethnicity. Second, colonial racial schemas seem to influence the ethnic identification of children to a large extent. Third, the patterns show the relatively disadvantaged status of South Asian identity under the post-colonial Hong Kong context

Archaeology · Colonialism · Ethnic group · Geography · Identification (biology · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Demography · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Philippine History and Culture