Counter-stories of Asian American Childhood: Standing Up for One Another At School & Online

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Abstract

The findings of this ethnographic case study address the complexity of what it means to grow up as Southeast Asian Americans children in the U.S. Three fourth-grade participants proudly self-claimed themselves as Asian Americans (AA). However, through the counter-storytelling framework, the findings emphasize the frustrations of the daily racial microaggressions they were experiencing at school and online. It was also evident that they were using navigational capital to overcome these racial microaggressions by standing up for one another. Implications of the research calls for the dire need for space in elementary school curriculum for all students to engage in critical learning of AA history to dismantle the racial microaggressions that AA students experience at school and online.

Author

• Yoonjin Nam-Huh, California State University - Dominguez Hills