@article{b5a1a3d630644664a6dab774421f93de,
title = "Racial segregation and the limits of international undergraduate student diversity",
abstract = "This study challenges the assertion that the influx of Asian international undergraduate students in universities across the United States creates richer educational and social environments. Drawing on qualitative research at a public university with a large number of Asian international students, this article examines how Asian American student leaders and their organization took on the difficult institutional task of actualizing the diversity of these new students in a racially segregated campus. We found that instead of viewing racial segregation practices as possibly tied to racial discrimination and privileges of normative whiteness, students expressed both support and resistance to Asian international students in race-neutral language of comfort and organizational differences that reflects the dominant ideology of colorblindness. We argue that any claims to the benefits of international student diversity must take serious account of colorblind racism and the experiences of racial marginalization and racial segregation among domestic minority and international students.",
keywords = "Asian Americans, Asian international students, ethnic student organizations, racial segregation",
author = "Kwon, {Soo Ah} and Xavier Hernandez and Moga, {Jillian L.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Spencer Foundation under [grant number #201400168]. We would like to recognize the co-Principal Investigators of the American University Meets the Pacific Century (AUPC) research project of which this essay is based. They are (late) Nancy Abelmann, Soo Ah Kwon, Adrienne Lo, and Tim Liao. We extend our thanks to the numerous students and occasional post-doctoral fellow researchers who contributed to the AUPC project over the years. Specifically, we acknowledge the following who contributed interviews and observations that informed the findings of this essay: Elizabeth Bergmann, Erjing Cui, Mark Frank, Mary Claire Gustafson, Jeffrey Harmon, Xavier Hernandez, Jirapa Jadecharoonviwat, Caroline Jaroslawski, Hye-seung Kang, David Kelley, Heejung Kwon, Sungmin Lee, Tzu-kai Liu, Leah K Matchett, Jillian Moga, Lucinda Morgan, Robin Mosley, Cassandra Phelps, Anna Prior, Dustin Roberts, Jennan Qato, Agnes Sohn, Christopher Mark Stillwell, Ilir Sulejmani,?Violet Xiaokang Tang, and Julie Torres. This essay is dedicated to the late Nancy Abelmann whose vision for the AUPC project and spirit of collaboration made this possible. Funding Information: This work was supported by the Spencer Foundation under [grant number #201400168].",
year = "2019",
month = jan,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1080/13613324.2017.1417830",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "22",
pages = "59--72",
journal = "Race Ethnicity and Education",
issn = "1361-3324",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "1",
}