The Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: Asian American Attitudes toward Affirmative Action

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dc.contributor.authorTomisek, Ashley Marieen
dc.contributor.committeecochairCalasanti, Toni M.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairKim, Minjeongen
dc.contributor.committeememberYuan, Anastasia Sue Vogten
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:37:24Zen
dc.date.adate2010-06-01en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:37:24Zen
dc.date.issued2010-05-10en
dc.date.rdate2010-06-01en
dc.date.sdate2010-05-17en
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the potential differences in attitudes that Asian American ethnic groups, and men and women within those groups, have toward Affirmative Action policies in the United States. My research question was: How do ethnicity and gender effect Asian American attitudes toward Affirmative Action? Using the Pilot National Asian American Political Survey (PNAAPS), 2000-2001, as well as conducting semi-structured interviews, I found that there are differences in attitudes toward Affirmative Action between Asian ethnic groups. In comparison to Chinese respondents, Vietnamese respondents were consistently more favorable toward Affirmative Action policies than South Asian and Filipino respondents were. Gender was significant in a few regressions, particularly as a control variable — indicating the importance of considering gender when examining Asian American attitudes toward Affirmative Action. In conducting interviews, respondents suggested that Affirmative Action policies be amended to assist people of lower socioeconomic status as well as recent immigrants to the United States. An implication of this study is the importance of disaggregating Asian Americans by ethnic group. The consistent support for Affirmative Action policies by Vietnamese respondents, in comparison to Chinese respondents, supports this need.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05172010-161142en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05172010-161142/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32923en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartTomisek_AT_T_2010.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectAffirmative Actionen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectAsian Americansen
dc.subjectEthnicityen
dc.titleThe Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: Asian American Attitudes toward Affirmative Actionen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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