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What we found out
Why we see ourselves the way we do
(Ethno-Racial Self-Identification and Identity Formation)
- Our experiences with racism and stereotyping affect how we see ourselves and shape who we are.
- We encountered significant experiences with racism within the school system.
o Those of us attending schools with students of many different races reported fewer instances of racism versus those who attended schools with mainly Caucasian ("white") students.
o Racism often led to ERM students to feel alone and dissatisfied at school.
o Feeling alone lessened when ERM youth went to and met other ERM youth.
- Stereotyping and discrimination also happens within ethno-cultural communities (e.g., between 2nd generation immigrants and newcomers).
- Stereotyping and discrimination led some of us to feel less Canadian and therefore we felt like we belonged to our parents’ ethno-cultural background.
- Most of us did not identify with how ERM youth are seen in mainstream media, and felt that media did not apply to us.
- Our ethno-racial identification is in part shaped by our "overall look" (i.e., skin color), and reactions to our appearance by people from other ethno-racial groups, including mainstream Caucasian Canadians.
 How we see ourselves
How others see us
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