ABSTRACT
A fourth-generation Chinese American student attending community college with little awareness of his ethnic identity. A Lao American student whose parents immigrated as refugees beginning her college journey at a university where few others look like her. A student whose mother is Japanese and father is African American, going back to school after having served in the military for several years. An undocumented Korean American student enduring a two-hour commute on public transportation to campus because of his ineligibility for a driver's license. In some respects, these students will likely have radically different college experiences, and each will be shaped by a myriad of influential social forces. However, as students who all fall under the category of “Asian American,” they will also likely be affected by stereotypes and expectations due to the continuing influence of race and racialization.
