Most Ethnic Minority Teens Don't Hang Out With Ethnic School Crowds

New research found that ethnic minority teens tend not to hang out in groups based on ethnicity. Only 30 percent of teens were described by peers as part of ethnically-oriented crowds. The researchers found that being associated with ethnically-oriented crowds at school had different implications for different groups. For Asian students, this was associated with positive characteristics (such as pride). For Latino students, the associations were mixed (pride, but also feelings of discrimination and stereotyping).

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