Defying Discrimination? Germany's Ethnic Minorities within Education and Training Systems

Migration Stigma: Understanding Prejudice, Discrimination, and Exclusion
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pp. 99-119
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Cambridge, MA
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The MIT Press
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2024,

Lawrence Yang, Maureen A. Eger, Bruce Link,
Kogan, Irena, Markus Weißmann, Jörg Dollmann
ISBN: 978-0-262-54812-0 (print), 978-0-262-37882-6 (online)
DOI: 
10.7551/mitpress/15529.003.0009
Abstract

To establish the impact that discrimination or unfair treatment has on ethnic minority students, this chapter explores the trajectories and outcomes of students in the German education and training system. Compared to native-born students, migrant and ethnic minority students who report discriminatory experiences are, on average, more likely to enter more educational pathways marked by larger uncertainty. However, results from the authors’ study indicate that minority students who experience discrimination in school are also likely to pursue favorable educational paths, perhaps because they develop better coping strategies and resilience in light of adverse situations in school. Ultimately, students who report discrimination at school are more likely to fail in attaining any degree. Yet, the relationship between discrimination experienced in school and educational or training outcomes is largely uniform for minority and for native-born students.