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When immigrant children adopt anti-immigrant attitudes

My teenage son is getting involved with kids who hate immigrants and I don't know if he's trying to fit in or if he actually believes what they're saying about people like us.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Social belonging pressure can cause immigrant children to internalize hostility toward their own origins as a survival strategy.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Immigration & Cultural Transition?”

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