Southeast Asian Refugees' Perceptions of Racial Discrimination in Canada

摘要: ABSTRACT/RESUME This report examines levels and types of racist experiences reported by a large sample Southeast Asians refugees resettling in Canada, the determinants their perceptions, methods they employed to cope with these experiences. Twenty-six per cent at least one experience, more often subtle than overt. Loyalty heritage culture, receiving some education extensive use Canadian media were each associated an increased likelihood reporting discrimination. Context community size affected perceptions racism. Chinese living ethnically dense neighbourhoods particularly likely perceive racially based discrimination; however, ethnic enclosure appeared protect Vietnamese Laotians from Faced racism, react forbearance, rather confrontation. Acculturation level commitment both directly related tendency through confrontation rat her forbearance. Ce rapport examine les degres et d'experiences racistes rapportees par unimportant echantillon de refugies du sud-est l'Asie venus s' installer au ainsi que facteurs leurs mecanismes d'adaptation. Vingt-six pour des interviewes ont signale avoir eu une experience raciste, le plus souvent subtile plutot flagrante. La fidelite la culture patrimoniale, fait recevoir moms partie leur Canada vaste recours presse canadienne etaient tous lies grande probabilite signaler Le contexte taille collectivite un effet sur racisme. Les Chinois qui vivaient dans quartiers ethniques particulierement denses davantage portes percevoir discrimination raciale; il semble toutefois l'enclave ethnique protege Vietnamiens Laotiens ces Confrontes racisme, refugie s reagir abstention degre d'acculturation d'engagement deux directement tendance d'y faire face l'abstention. INTRODUCTION Visible minority immigrants are increasingly significant presence North America. As recently as 1981, was 95 percent white. However, if current immigration, fertility mortality trends persist, visible minorities will. year 2016, constitute 20 country's adult population 25 child (Kelly, 1995). Demographic also altering complexion United States: according Bureau Census (1992) forecasts, non-whites will numerically surpass whites States 2050. Diversity can threaten inter-group harmony. To combat divisiveness resulting ethnoculturally (Avery, 1979; Thompson, 1996; Lieberson, 1982), has adopted goal culturally tolerant society. vision is embedded, for example, Multiculturalism Policy dating back 1971, well recent legislation such Charter Rights Freedoms 1982, Act 1988. Although conceptual methodological flaws limit its interpretability, national survey (Palmer, 1997) does suggest that Canadians consider themselves be people, accepting diversity. It would comforting think combination good will, policy, have wiped clean In ways, bit like Dorian Gray, eponymous protagonist Oscar Wilde's famous novel. blemishes overt racism disappearing public face, truer, meaner por trait hangs attic (Angus Reid, 1991; Head, 1975; Henry, Tator, Mattis, & Rees, …