Life in school: narratives of resiliency among Vietnamese-Canadian youths.
This qualitative study examined eleven Vietnamese refugees' self-reported experiences of discrimination in urban schools in British Columbia, Canada. The students reported experiencing or witnessing racial conflict, harassment, and unfair treatment. The boys reported experiencing more racism than did the girls. However, most of the students felt confident that racism would not present insurmountable obstacles for them in the future.
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School of Teacher Education, College of Education, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, California 92182, USA. tphan@mail.sdsu.edu
D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D001364:Awareness; D002170:Canada; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D019303:Multilingualism; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011287:Prejudice; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D012073:Remedial Teaching; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology