On Step 1, Whites drank more than Koreans and Chinese/Taiwanese, and global self-esteem was positively associated with drinking. None of the CSE facets had unique associations with drinks per week after controlling for ethnic identity. Results at Step 2 revealed a two-way interaction between the Chinese/Taiwanese-White contrast and global self-esteem but not between the Korean-White contrast and global self-esteem. For Whites, greater global self-esteem was associated with increased drinking (simple slope eβ = 1.05, p = .001), while the simple slope for Chinese/Taiwanese was not significant (eβ = 0.95, p = 0.40).