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Cumulative Discrimination and Racialized Experience in the Lives of American–Japanese Individuals Born in the Aftermath of World War II

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Despite burgeoning research on ‘mixed-blood’ Japanese born to Occupation Forces soldiers and Japanese women following WW2, little is known about their life histories and their determinants. The factors and mechanisms which affected their biographical experience during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood are analyzed. The findings show that the ‘mixed-blood’ Japanese have experienced cumulative discrimination due to social and symbolic boundaries congruent with their race, gender and familial status.

Source: The Annual review of sociology

DOI: 10.5690/kantoh.2024.116

Author: Yu-Anis Aruga

Institution: Osaka Metropolitan University

Language: English

Topic: Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science