This qualitative interdisciplinary study explored the responses of Native American academics to selected contingencies of their tribal identities. Negative stereotypes emerged as an important topic from the narratives of 20 male and 20 female tribal academics in a variety of disciplines whom the author interviewed at 28 universities across the United States. Within the subjective experiences of their mainstream professional engagements, participants used their culturally specific worldviews and the corresponding understandings of adverse circumstances to deconstruct and ultimately transform negative stereotypes into sources of empowerment. Culturally specific master narratives facilitated resilience in persons who consciously engaged, instead of avoided, circumstances that enabled them to feel they are disproving negative stereotypes by their personal examples, representing and working toward their groups’ better future. This knowledge can assist in the use of approaches by marginalized individuals to both foster their life satisfaction and enable them to become effective role models.

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美国原住民学者经验中负面刻板印象的解构和转变

这项定性的跨学科研究探讨了美洲原住民学者对其部落身份的选定偶然事件的反应。作者在美国 28 所大学采访了不同学科的 20 名男性和 20 名女性部落学者的叙述中，负面刻板印象成为一个重要话题。在主流专业参与的主观体验中，参与者利用他们特定的文化世界观和对不利环境的相应理解来解构并最终将负面的刻板印象转化为赋权的来源。特定文化的主叙事促进了有意识地参与而不是回避的人的复原力，使他们觉得他们正在通过个人例子来反驳负面的刻板印象，代表并为他们的团队更美好的未来而努力。这些知识可以帮助边缘化个人使用方法来提高他们的生活满意度并使他们成为有效的榜样。