Caught in the Middle

Using a qualitative paradigm, this study examines Asian Pacific American undergraduates' views on affirmative action and their perspectives on U.S. race relations through Herbert Blumer's (1958) theory of group position. Results indicate that Asian Pacific American (APA) students may perceive other minority student applicants as inferior to APA applicants, feel threatened by both majority and minority groups in the college admissions process, and tend to self-marginalize the APA experience in American race relations

Action (physics · Affirmative action · Asian americans · Critical race theory · Ethnic group · Pacific islanders · Position (finance · Qualitative research · Race (biology · Sociology · Anthropology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Gender Studies · Social Psychology

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• A Critical Review of the Model Minority Myth in Selected Literature on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Higher Education

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• The Racial Mascot Speaks

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• The Mechanisms of Ethnoracialization and Asian American Support for Race-conscious Admissions

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• From Yellow Peril to Model Minority

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• Asian Americans, Admissions, and College Choice

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• Interest Convergence or Divergence? A Critical Race Analysis of Asian Americans, Meritocracy, and Critical Mass in the Affirmative Action Debate

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• Affirming Race, Diversity, and Equity Through Black and Latinx Students’ Lived Experiences

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