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Toward a Kanaka 'Oiwi Racial Identity Model for a Contemporary Multiracial World
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Kourtney Christen Kawano – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2024
This paper uses a Kanaka ?Oiwi (Native Hawaiian) Critical Race Theory (Kanaka?OiwiCrit) framework to conceptualize the relationship between identity and interracial and intraracial relations among multiracial Kanaka ?Oiwi youth. Kanaka?OiwiCrit is defined then applied to review research on minority racial identity models and Indigenous identity…
Descriptors: Hawaiians, Indigenous Populations, Racial Identification, Racial Relations
Why Does Local Identity Influence Mental Health among University Students in Hawai'i?
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Krysia Mossakowski; Jennifer Darrah-Okike – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study examines local identity and mental health at one of the most ethnically diverse universities in the United States to move beyond the dichotomy between international and domestic students. Participants: Undergraduate students (N = 1,098) attending a university in Hawai'i completed anonymous surveys during class. Results:…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Ethnicity, Hawaiians, Student Attitudes
In Indiana, School Choice Means Segregation
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Shaffer, Michael B.; Dincher, Bridget – Phi Delta Kappan, 2020
Following Brown v. Board of Education, schools known as "segregation academies" that were created for the purpose of allowing White students to be educated without contact with Black students proliferated in the southern United States. While the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited such segregation, these schools remained in existence for…
Descriptors: School Choice, School Segregation, White Students, African American Students
Engaging in the Margins: Exploring Differences in Biracial Students' Engagement by Racial Heritage
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Harris, Jessica C.; BrckaLorenz, Allison; Nelson Laird, Thomas F. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2018
The research presented in this article utilizes data from four years of the National Survey of Student Engagement to shed light on the biracial student population and their engagement practices in postsecondary contexts. Specifically, this study explored the ways in which biracial students with different racial heritages engage differently from…
Descriptors: Multiracial Persons, Racial Identification, College Freshmen, College Seniors
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in US College Students' Experience: Discrimination as an Impediment to Academic Performance
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Stevens, Courtney; Liu, Cindy H.; Chen, Justin A. – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective and Participants: Using data from 69,722 US undergraduates participating in the spring 2015 National College Health Assessment, we examine racial/ethnic differences in students' experience of discrimination. Method: Logistic regression predicted the experience of discrimination and its reported negative effect on academics. Additional…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Racial Discrimination
Alternate Realities: Racially Disparate Discipline in Classrooms and Schools and Its Effects on Black and Brown Students
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Martin, Jennifer L.; Sharp-Grier, Martina; Smith, Julia B. – Leadership and Research in Education, 2016
This study examines the Civil Rights Data Collection of 2014, consisting of 49,605,534 students from 95,635 public schools covering grades from Kindergarten to 12th grade. The primary focus of this study was to examine the relative distribution of different types of discipline between ethnic groups and genders. In every category, the levels…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
Pacific Islander Americans and Multiethnicity: A Vision of America's Future?
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Spickard, Paul R.; Fong, Rowena – Social Forces, 1995
Draws on survey data, interviews, and the literature to analyze features of Pacific Islander American multiethnic identity. This identity is situational; individuals commonly simplify their ethnicity in practical living; and multiethnic and single-ancestry persons are admitted to group membership on similar bases (ancestry, family, practice, and…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity, Family Relationship, Group Membership