ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on South Asian American (SAA) experiences with immigrating to and living within the US It discusses the shifts in immigration, how these movements have influenced the sociopolitical climate, and the nature of discrimination that SAAs have experienced as a result of these changes. The chapter also discusses the psychological impact of discrimination experiences. It then focuses on two case studies, including Oak Creek's community needs after a hate crime and the case of a 12-year-old girl named Sahara, to illustrate clinical practices and therapeutic interventions to consider when working with SAAs who have experienced ethnic and racial discrimination while living in the US Acculturative stress is something that both first- and second-generation immigrants experience, though bicultural stress may be best conceptualized from the perspective of second-generation immigrants specifically. Some of the most common discrimination experiences of SAAs involve racial and ethnic discrimination.
