Interpersonal discrimination against Hmong Americans: Parallels and variation in microlevel racial inequality
Author(s):
Hein, Jeremy
Format:
Journal article
Citation:
The Sociological Quarterly, Volume 41, Issue 3 (2000). pp. 413-429.
Language:
English
Abstract:
Different racial and ethnic minorities are commonly compared across various measures of macrolevel inequality but have thus far not been compared with respect to microlevel inequality. Using data from interviews with forty-eight Hmong Americans, this article systematically extends Feagin's (1991) analysis of interpersonal discrimination against African Americans to the experiences of everyday racism among a group of foreignborn Asian Americans. Hmong Americans report all of the forms of interpersonal discrimination that Feagin documents for African Americans, suggesting that minorities face a common inequality structure in public face-to-face encounters. Nativism and limited English proficiency, two factors that Feagin did not identify as affecting African Americans, are also important components of interpersonal discrimination against Hmong Americans. These additional dimensions of interpersonal discrimination suggest that macrolevel patterns of racial and ethnic inequality can lead to variation in microlevel inequality. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)