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Whites' and Asian Americans' Perceptions of Asian Americans as Targets of Affirmative Action 1
Author(s) -
Weathers Vaunne M.,
Truxillo Donald M.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00412.x
Subject(s) - affirmative action , asian americans , beneficiary , asian indian , perception , psychology , action (physics) , demography , social psychology , ethnic group , political science , sociology , law , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
Although Asian Americans are technically a protected group, perceptions of Asian Americans as targets of affirmative action are largely unexplored, as are the attitudes of Asian Americans toward affirmative action. This study compared Whites' ( N = 142) and Asian Americans' ( N = 85) perceptions of workplace‐related discrimination and affirmative action beneficiary status for Asian Americans, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans. Whites and Asian Americans agreed that Asian Americans experience less adverse impact on tests and benefit less from affirmative action than do Blacks or Hispanics. However, Asian Americans were more likely than Whites to perceive that Asian Americans suffer from discrimination and underrepresentation and should benefit from affirmative action.