We examined refugees’ perceptions of their experiences living in greater Cincinnati, Ohio, USA and linked these findings to colonial context, coloniality theory, and decolonial psychology. We describe the process of developing a community based participatory research process with members of local refugee communities, and then discuss the findings of a survey completed by 280 local refugees that was collaboratively designed and administered. Noting historic and continuing disenfranchisement of the Black community in Cincinnati, in our survey analyses we compared the experiences of African refugees (Burundian, Congolese, and Somali) to the experiences of Bhutanese, Latinx, and Middle Eastern refugees residing in greater Cincinnati on several aspects of civic life. Analyses indicate that refugees from African countries reported more negative outcomes than other refugees residing in this area. Further, refugees residing in neighborhoods with a higher percentage of Black residents reported less satisfaction, likely due to neighborhood disinvestment. We discuss the costs and benefits of these findings and interpretation in the context of decolonial theory. Specifically, we connect racist colonial history to differences in treatment of refugees based on their physical appearance (i.e., Blackness) to the continued disenfranchisement of African Americans.

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俄亥俄州辛辛那提的难民经历：全球危机背景下的当地案例研究

我们研究了难民对他们在美国俄亥俄州大辛辛那提的生活经历的看法，并将这些发现与殖民背景、殖民理论和去殖民心理学联系起来。我们描述了与当地难民社区成员一起开发以社区为基础的参与式研究过程的过程，然后讨论了由 280 名当地难民合作设计和管理的调查的结果。注意到辛辛那提黑人社区的历史性和持续性被剥夺权利，在我们的调查分析中，我们将非洲难民（布隆迪、刚果和索马里）的经历与居住在大辛辛那提的不丹、拉丁裔和中东难民的经历进行了几个方面的比较的公民生活。分析表明，来自非洲国家的难民比居住在该地区的其他难民报告的负面结果更多。此外，居住在黑人居民比例较高的社区的难民报告的满意度较低，这可能是由于社区撤资所致。我们在去殖民理论的背景下讨论了这些发现和解释的成本和收益。具体来说，我们将种族主义殖民历史与基于外貌（即黑人）的难民待遇差异与非洲裔美国人的持续剥夺权利联系起来。我们在去殖民理论的背景下讨论了这些发现和解释的成本和收益。具体来说，我们将种族主义殖民历史与基于外貌（即黑人）的难民待遇差异与非洲裔美国人的持续剥夺权利联系起来。我们在去殖民理论的背景下讨论了这些发现和解释的成本和收益。具体来说，我们将种族主义殖民历史与基于外貌（即黑人）的难民待遇差异与非洲裔美国人的持续剥夺权利联系起来。