05.09.08
Racial bias has different mental health effects on Asians: Study
This article talks about the “scarce” data on the psychological ramifications of Anti-Asian racism. Well duh. In any case, I’d like to give major props to Dr. Tiffany Yip of Fordham University, Gilbert C. Gee, PhD, of the University of California Los Angeles, and David T. Takeuchi, PhD, of the University of Washington, for attempting to take a crack at spelling it out for people with their recent study on the subject.
- Surprisingly, more analysis showed that U.S.-born participants in their 30s and those above the age of 50 who described themselves as having a strong ethnic identity had more mental distress from discrimination than those participants with a weaker ethnic attachment.
Does that mean that if you reject your Asian-ness and, say, adjust your dating preferences accordingly, that you’ll be less stressed?