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Using the bioecological framework, this chapter will address the ethnoreligious identity development among Sikh youth, including the decisions to keep or let go the outward identity markers of Sikhism, the learning of core values of Sikhism, and the development of bicultural competence. The chapter will also address the contexts of development such as Sikh parents, grandparents, US schools, discrimination, Sikh community, extended family members in the United States, community religious organization, broader Islamophobic environment, mistaken identities as a result of this environment, and remote cultural socialization through overseas extended family members. The contexts of ethnoreligious identity will be examined by using risk and resilience framework. Demographic variables such as parental education, occupation, and gender of parents and children will also be included in the discussion.
One of the goals for my children is that they should feel comfortable living in this country [U.S.]. They should be able to live in this country with minimum discrimination. And they should feel like that this is their home country and be successful, as successful as they can and as successful as we want them to be. They should not feel out of place as I feel or people make me feel. (Jagdeep Singh, father of a son and a daughter)
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Rana, M., Johnson, D.J., Qin, D.B. (2019). Mistaken Identities, Discrimination, and Sikh Parents’ Ethnoreligious Socialization Strategies. In: Fitzgerald, H.E., Johnson, D.J., Qin, D.B., Villarruel, F.A., Norder, J. (eds) Handbook of Children and Prejudice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12228-7_23
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