A study found that over time, compared to white immigrants, immigrants of color experience poorer health overall. The researchers hypothesized that these immigrants, while living in the United States, are confronted with implicit and explicit negative messages about their outsider status as both a racial "minority" and as "immigrants," which have a cumulative impact on health. This hypothesis is most related to which pair of factors?

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A study found that over time, compared to white immigrants, immigrants of color experience poorer health overall.  The researchers hypothesized that these immigrants, while living in the United States, are confronted with implicit and explicit negative messages about their outsider status as both a racial "minority" and as "immigrants," which have a cumulative impact on health.  This hypothesis is most related to which pair of factors?

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11ecba2d_0db5_b710_a3bf_d5102e0df85a_MD0008_00 Intersectionality describes how individuals hold multiple, interconnected, marginalized social identities (eg, gender, race, age) that impact their lives, perspectives, and treatment in society. In other words, the experience of more than one type of discrimination (eg, sexism, racism, ageism) has a cumulative effect on many individuals. Racialization is the process by which one group designates another group with a racial identity, often based on shared group qualities, such as physical attributes (eg, skin pigmentation) or behaviors (eg, religious practices). The designating group has more social power (dominant group) and exerts social control over the designated group, which has less social power (subordinate group). The hypothesis that implicit and explicit negative messages about outsider status as both a racial "minority" and an "immigrant" have a cumulative impact on health is related to intersectionality (cumulative effects of racial "minority" and "immigrant" statuses) and racialization (implicit and explicit messages about one's racial "minority" status). (Choices B and D) Cultural transmission, which describes the passing of cultural information (eg, behaviors, beliefs, objects) from one generation to the next, is not related to the researchers' hypothesis. (Choices C and D) Stereotype threat occurs when task performance suffers as a result of being made aware before the task of a negative stereotype about a group to which one belongs (eg, awareness of the stereotype "women are bad at math" before a math task hinders women's performance). The researchers' hypothesis is unrelated to negatively impacted task performance. Educational objective: Intersectionality describes how multiple, interconnected, marginalized social identities simultaneously impact individual's lives, perspectives, and treatment in society. Racialization is the process by which one group (the dominant group) designates another (a subordinate group) with a racial identity.

A Study Found That Over Time, Compared to White Immigrants