Just Kids? Peer Racism in a Predominantly White City

This article examines the effects of racialized name-calling on a group of twelve visible minority refugee youth from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Through one-on-one in-depth interviews, the author discusses their experiences in order to better understand how this important group of adolescent...

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Published in:Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees
Main Author: Baker, James
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: York University Libraries 2013
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Online Access:https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/37508
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spelling ftjrefuge:oai:refuge.journals.yorku.ca:article/37508 2023-05-15T17:21:33+02:00 Just Kids? Peer Racism in a Predominantly White City Baker, James 2013-10-18 application/pdf https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/37508 https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.37508 eng eng York University Libraries https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/37508/34045 https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/37508 doi:10.25071/1920-7336.37508 Copyright (c) 2013 James Baker https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees; Vol. 29 No. 1 (2013): General Issue, with Special Focus on Technology; 75-85 Refuge : revue canadienne sur les réfugiés Vol. 29 No. 1 (2013): Numéro général, avec un accent particulier sur la technologie; 75-85 1920-7336 0229-5113 St. John's Newfoundland Canada adolescents racialized refugees visible minorities racism coping hermeneutics info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2013 ftjrefuge https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.37508 2023-03-12T00:14:31Z This article examines the effects of racialized name-calling on a group of twelve visible minority refugee youth from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Through one-on-one in-depth interviews, the author discusses their experiences in order to better understand how this important group of adolescents conceptualizes, constructs, and copes with racism while living in a highly homogeneous white Canadian city. The author concludes by noting that these experiences are having a negative effect on their social integration and that increased efforts by teachers and administrators are needed to help combat peer racism in this predominantly white city. Cet article examine les eff ets des injures raciales sur un groupe de jeunes réfugiés de douze minorités visibles de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, au Canada. À l’aide d’entrevues individuelles approfondies, l’auteur examine leurs expériences dans le but de mieux comprendre comment ce groupe important d’adolescents comprend le racisme et négocie cette réalité dans le cadre de leur intégration dans une communauté urbaine canadienne blanche et homogène. L’auteur arrive à la conclusion que ces expériences ont un eff et négatif sur leur intégration sociale, et que les enseignants et administrateurs doivent fournir un effort supplémentaire pour lutter contrer le racisme par les pairs dans une ville canadienne blanche, telle que St. John’s. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Terre-Neuve Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees Blanche ENVELOPE(140.018,140.018,-66.663,-66.663) Canada Newfoundland White City ENVELOPE(-36.733,-36.733,-54.200,-54.200) Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees 29 1 75 85
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Just Kids? Peer Racism in a Predominantly White City
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description This article examines the effects of racialized name-calling on a group of twelve visible minority refugee youth from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Through one-on-one in-depth interviews, the author discusses their experiences in order to better understand how this important group of adolescents conceptualizes, constructs, and copes with racism while living in a highly homogeneous white Canadian city. The author concludes by noting that these experiences are having a negative effect on their social integration and that increased efforts by teachers and administrators are needed to help combat peer racism in this predominantly white city. Cet article examine les eff ets des injures raciales sur un groupe de jeunes réfugiés de douze minorités visibles de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, au Canada. À l’aide d’entrevues individuelles approfondies, l’auteur examine leurs expériences dans le but de mieux comprendre comment ce groupe important d’adolescents comprend le racisme et négocie cette réalité dans le cadre de leur intégration dans une communauté urbaine canadienne blanche et homogène. L’auteur arrive à la conclusion que ces expériences ont un eff et négatif sur leur intégration sociale, et que les enseignants et administrateurs doivent fournir un effort supplémentaire pour lutter contrer le racisme par les pairs dans une ville canadienne blanche, telle que St. John’s.
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