"It's Unfair and It Shouldn't Be Like That": International Students and Racial Identity Development

• In Event: 30.058 - Equitable Education Opportunities

Abstract

Recent racialized incidents in the United States, occurring both on and off college campuses, have led to emerging questions on how international students experience race and racism in the U.S. context. This qualitative study utilizes the Learning Race in a U.S. Context (LRUSC) emerging framework and world-systems perspective to explore how international students engage in a process of racial identity development in the United States. Findings suggest that White and international students of color undergo a similar racial identity development process, that many students responded to this unfamiliar experience by speaking out against racial injustice, and that international student mobility (ISM) may be contributing to the spread of American racial norms on an international scale.

Author

• Ashley Michelle Macrander, Washington University in St. Louis