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Journal Article 1: Fung, K., & Wong, Y. R. (2007). Factors influencing attitudes towards seeking professional help among East and Southeast Asian immigrant and refugee women. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 53, 216–218.

Abstract: This article explores the attitudes of Asian American immigrants and refugees towards mental health care. The authors studied women from five ethnic minority communities because they have lower rates of mental health service utilization.

Journal Article 2: Nogawa, H., & Suttie, S. (1984). A Japanese-American basketball league and the assimilation of its members into the mainstream of United States Society. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 19, 259–267.

Abstract: This study examined the effects of participation in a Japanese-American youth basketball league on assimilation into the dominant American culture. Although participation in the league didn't seem to promote assimilation, it did appear to reflect an aspect of ethnic solidarity for Japanese-Americans.

 Journal Article 3: Pyke, K. D., & Johnson, D. L. (2003). Asian American women and racialized femininities: “Doing” gender across cultural worlds. Gender & Society, 17, 33–54.

Abstract: This article examines the ways that Asian American women ‘do’ gender across both ethnic Asian and mainstream social settings, looking more generally at the ways in which gendered cultural worlds are constructed. The study finds that young Asian American women construct a highly rigid and patriarchal world that is named as Asian, and a more egalitarian and flexible world that is named as mainstream white and American.

Journal Article 4: Nopper, T. K. (2010). Colorblind racism and institutional actors’ explanations of Korean immigrant entrepreneurship. Critical Sociology, 36, 65–84.

Abstract: This article discusses the role of both colorblind racial ideology and the disadvantage thesis in explaining the participation of immigrants in entrepreneurship, particularly as small business owners. She also analyzes how the various dimensions of colorblind racial ideology are embedded in the ways respondents interpret their cultural worlds.

Journal Article 5: Reyes, Angela. (2011). 'Racist!': Metapragmatic regimentation of racist discourse by Asian American youth. Discourse Society, 22, 458–475.

Abstract: This article discusses post-Jim Crow forms of racism such as color-blind and laissez-faire racism, and the post-racism of the contemporary moment, to illuminate the construction of perceptions of racism among contemporary youth. Crying ‘racist’ becomes a rich resource for achieving a number of interactional effects that renegotiate the position of Asian American youth with respect to the range of racial categories that circulate throughout US society” (458).

Journal Article 6: Yoshihama, M., Ramakrishnan, A., Hammock, A. C., & Khaliq, M. (2012). Intimate partner violence prevention program in an Asian immigrant community integrating theories, data, and community. Violence Against Women, 18, 7–17.

Abstract: This research project aims to fill an existing gap in research and practice on intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant communities. The authors developed an IPV prevention program in an Asian Indian community in the Midwest. Building on the notion of “cherished value and strength of the community” (2) they created targeted campaign aimed at community-based participation.

Journal Article 7: Lee, J., & Bany, J. A. (2009). Imperial citizens: Koreans and race from Seoul to LA. Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 38, 428–429.

Abstract: This work explores the facets of Korean migration and experienced faced in their host location. Discussions about race are centerpointe in the nuances of contemporary immigrants and Korean immigrants’ experiences are depicted in this work.