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Utilizing a social construction lens, Hearn situates Korean American men within US history beginning with Chinese migration to Hawaii. The chapter proposes that the seeds for Asian American male stereotypes and the racial discrimination Korean American men face today were planted during the arrival of Asians to the Hawaiian Islands and then to California. Hearn offers several different understandings of racism and how the media continues to perpetuate Asian American stereotypes. These stereotypes contribute to the ongoing construction of Asian American masculinity and subsequent racial discrimination toward Korean American men.
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Hearn, M.C. (2016). Situating Korean American Men in Asian America. In: Religious Experience Among Second Generation Korean Americans. Asian Christianity in the Diaspora. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59413-6_2
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