voices can be marginalized within racial justice spaces

evenwithin the Hmong community that I work with, the Asian American communityon campus, I see that divide

Oh, but we already have an African American minor ora Latinx minor. Why do we need to start another one?

they shared their beliefs that these racializationprocesses gave rise to pressures that promote racialized comparisons and competition among communities of color. Second, they described how these racialdynamics led to their marginalization in racial justice agendas. And finally, par-ticipants asserted that the competition and marginalization from racial justiceagendas contributed to internalized racism among members of this population

Examples of questions include: Can youtell us a little bit about how you engage in social justice? What, if any, are somechallenges you face as a student leader because of your Asian American iden-tity within the broader campus community? Have you collaborated with othercommunities of color on your campus, and tell us about that experience ifthere have been any challenges or opportunities?

All participants attendedpublic, predominantly White, four-year research universities in the Midwestregion

Responses, rated 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree), measuredrespondents’ views about oppression and commitments to social justice.

how, if at all, do Midwest Asian American student activists make sense of how relative racialization processesshape their racial justice advocacy?

Such lack of critical consciousness might,in turn, contribute to perpetuating internalized anti-Black and settler coloniallogics within Asian American communities

eager to assimilate into US meritocracy and not inclined to challenge systemsof racial inequity

Opponents of racial justice movements leveraged this report to blame Blackfamilies, rather than systemic racism, for the challenges they faced

relative racialization refers to how communities of color are racialized in relation to eachother