The Influence Of Race And Ethnicity On Self-Esteem

Race and ethnicity is also said to be a great influence on self- esteem. Feldman says, “African Americans and Hispanics, researchers explained, had lower self-esteem than Caucasians because society’s prejudice made them feel disliked and rejected, and this was incorporated into their self-concepts” (281). He also says that as the time goes by the self-esteem of African Americans show a lesser difference than those who are Caucasians. On the other hand Skorek says “…there is a meta-analytic work to suggest that Caucasians have higher self-esteem than Asian and Hispanic Americans; and Asian Americans have lower self-esteem than their Hispanic counterparts” (2). He also doesn’t believe there is a significant difference in self-esteem due to races/ethnicities.