Monoracials’ perceptions of biracials in Singapore

• Main Authors: WEE, Sheila Xi Rui, CHENG, Chi-ying
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: biracial; racial membership; social identity theory; social perceptions; Singapore; Asian Studies; Multicultural Psychology; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3780; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5038/viewcontent/Monoracials_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Objectives: Drawing on social identity theory, present research examined the effects of overlapping racial membership on monoracials’ categorization of biracials as in-/out-group members, as well as its impact on monoracials’ social perceptions of biracials in Singapore. Within Singapore, it is hypo...