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- Title
Effects of Different-Race Exposure in School and Neighborhood on the Reading Achievement of Hmong Students in the United States.
- Authors
Lee, Moosung; Lam, Beatrice Oi-Yeung; Madyun, Na’im
- Abstract
Based on analyses of 1,622 Hmong adolescents in a large urban school district, we illuminate a positive association between school different-race exposure and Hmong limited English proficient students’ reading achievement. However, we also note a negative association of neighborhood different-race exposure with Hmong students from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. These findings suggest that even if school different-race exposure opportunities are developed through racially diverse schools, this does not necessarily lead to desirable interracial social ties between Hmong students and mainstream English-speaking students. Rather, Hmong students from low SES backgrounds are more likely to benefit academically when they reside in predominantly Hmong neighborhoods.
- Subjects
SOCIAL status; NEIGHBORHOODS &; society; RACE &; society; SOCIAL constructionism; SOCIAL psychology
- Publication
Urban Education, 2017, Vol 52, Issue 10, p1255
- ISSN
0042-0859
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0042085915595092