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Processes of migration can have significant and lasting effects on immigrants’ self-concept. For second-generation immigrants, one’s racial/ethnic identity can be deeply impacted by the families’ migration experiences. Although the definition and implications of identity are unclear, there is a general consensus that identity plays an instrumental role in the maintenance of mental and physical well-being. 1 A social constructionist analysis of identity, or the self, treats it as created and recreated through text or societal definitions. Our meaning, understanding, intention, and action exist in communication. Identity formation is highly dependent on societal definitions, which categorize groups of people, including racial minorities, as deviants or the Other. And as such, the fluidity of identity formation is influenced by typifications or dominant “successful” definitions that are contested and changed over time.
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Noh, M.S. (2013). From Model Minority to Second-Gen Stereotypes. In: Karraker, M.W. (eds) The Other People. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137296962_7
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