Race, Gender, Ethnicity, and Views of/by Asian Americans

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

This panel consists of 5 papers that address questions as to the sources of Asian Americans’ belief in different types of identities, vote choices, and political participation in various political contexts. Also, it includes a paper on the effect of elites’ foreign policy cues on public attitudes toward different groups, including Asian Americans. Qi and Kim’s paper explores the effect of intersectionality of gender and race on Asian Americans’ evaluation of women leaders. Chong’s paper examines the relationship between Asian American identities (ethnic identity versus pan-ethnic identity) and their participation in a variety of political activities during the Covid -19 pandemic. Tsai studies how and why Asian American candidates use different campaign strategies – non-racial cultural cues and policies or racial cues – to win elections. Kim focuses on sources of Asian Americans’ belief in linked fate by considering the different political contexts – before and after the Covid-19 pandemic combined with elites’ anti-Chinese rhetoric. Song analyzes the impact of elites’ foreign policy cues on Americans’ attitudes toward Chinese and Russian Americans to answer the question of why Americans’ formed hostility toward Chinese Americans.

Sub Unit

• Related Groups / Asian Pacific American Caucus

Individual Presentations

• No Intention to Use Racial Cues: Asian American Voter’s Voting Preferences - Shu-An Tsai, Tunghai University

• Political Contexts and Asian Americans’ Belief in Linked Fate - Dukhong Kim, Florida Atlantic University

• The Effects of US Foreign Relations on American Racial Politics - Lucy Song, Harvard University

• What Does National Origin Mean for Asian Americans? - Yat To Yeung, George Washington University

Chair

• Nathan Kar Ming Chan Loyola Marymount University

Discussants

• Maria Livaudais California State University East Bay

• Tony Affigne Providence College