Since the 2010s, Portugal has experienced a considerable growth in the number of Chinese international students, who have been attracted by the country鈥檚 image of tolerance and openness for diversity. However, as it was reported in other contexts, throughout the health crisis, these students were blatantly confronted with racial microaggressions in their daily routines inside and outside their higher education institutions鈥� facilities. Drawing on evidence from 30 in-depth interviews conducted with Chinese international students in Portugal and following a thematic analysis approach, this paper analyses how they frame and perceive their encounters with racism in their daily lives during the pandemic. We argue that Chinese international students resort on distinct discursive strategies to negotiate their encounters with racism during their sojourns in Portugal throughout the health crisis and to negate their 鈥渙therness鈥� as a racial minority in the country.
Fran莽a, Thais (2024) 鈥淚t鈥檚 not good, but it could be worse鈥�: racial microaggressions toward Chinese international students during the COVID-19 pandemic, Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education 18 (1): 9鈥�22.
