Racial microaggressions and the Asian American experience.

@article{Sue2007RacialMA,
  title={Racial microaggressions and the Asian American experience.},
  author={Derald Wing Sue and Jennifer M Bucceri and Annie I. Lin and Kevin Leo Yabut Nadal and Gina C. Torino},
  journal={Cultural diversity \& ethnic minority psychology},
  year={2007},
  volume={13 1},
  pages={
          72-81
        }
}
Racial microaggressions were examined through a focus group analysis of 10 self-identified Asian American participants using a semistructured interview and brief demographic questionnaire. Results identified 8 major microaggressive themes directed toward this group: (a) alien in own land, (b) ascription of intelligence, (c) exoticization of Asian women, (d) invalidation of interethnic differences, (e) denial of racial reality, (f) pathologizing cultural values/communication styles, (g) second… 
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