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Tag: Model Minority Myth

Stop Ignoring Our Pain. Stop Discounting Our Trauma.
Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Stop Ignoring Our Pain. Stop Discounting Our Trauma.

JennFebruary 25, 2022February 25, 2022

Nothing stings quite like the pain of erasure. Nothing hurts quite like the onslaught of racial violence rendered invisible in…

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Lifting the veil on conditional whiteness: A wake-up call to Asian Americans still holding on to the Model Minority Myth
Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersGuest ContributorsRacism

Lifting the veil on conditional whiteness: A wake-up call to Asian Americans still holding on to the Model Minority Myth

Guest ContributorAugust 4, 2020June 9, 2023

By Guest Contributor: Dorothy He Over the past few months, many non-Black Asian Americans across the country watched as our…

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Basic Human Decency Should Be Granted Freely: In Response to Andrew Yang
Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersGuest Contributors

Basic Human Decency Should Be Granted Freely: In Response to Andrew Yang

Guest ContributorMay 18, 2020June 9, 2023

By Guest Contributor: Anouk Yeh On April 1, the Washington Post released an op-ed written by former presidential candidate Andrew…

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Andrew Yang’s Problematic Reinforcement of the Model Minority Myth
Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersElectionsElections 2020Politics

Andrew Yang’s Problematic Reinforcement of the Model Minority Myth

JennSeptember 13, 2019September 13, 2019

Tonight, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Andrew Yang joined the nine other top Democratic presidential candidates on the debate stage at Texas…

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The Illusion of the Asian American Dream
Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersGuest Contributors

The Illusion of the Asian American Dream

Guest ContributorMay 31, 2018June 9, 2023

Asian Americans are often lauded as a “model minority” that has achieved complete acceptance into American society. But silent and…

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The Sunken Place and the Model Minority Myth
Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersGuest Contributors

The Sunken Place and the Model Minority Myth

Guest ContributorMarch 22, 2018June 9, 2023

By: R. K. Guha I sometimes wish I could go back in time and be my own guardian angel. I…

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Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersPolitics

#NotYourModelMinority: Asian Americans Are Not Your Proof that Donald Trump Isn’t Racist

JennJanuary 13, 2018January 13, 2018

Asian Americans are not your model minorities. We are not your wedges. We are not your license for guilt-free anti-blackness.…

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Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersFeminism

Elaine Chao, and Those Who Would Use Asian Americans as Shields Against Racism | #DisavowChao

JennAugust 20, 2017August 21, 2017

Earlier this week, President Trump held a press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower, where the president — flanked…

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Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersGuest Contributors

The Forgotten: Those Left Behind by Our Myths

JennApril 27, 2017April 27, 2017

By Guest Contributor: Yung Wing We often hear about the success of Asian Americans who are emblematic of the “model…

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Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersGuest Contributors

How We Talk About Asian American Aggrievement

Guest ContributorMarch 9, 2016June 9, 2023

By Guest Contributor: Felix Huang (@Brkn_Yllw_Lns) When three Asian American children were trotted out in front of a national audience…

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Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersMoviesRacismTV

How Chris Rock Undermines His Own Message With Unnecessary (and Racist) Anti-Asian Jokes

JennMarch 1, 2016March 1, 2016

At the age of 51, Chris Rock has evolved far beyond being the brash stand-up comedy of his early days.…

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Asian Americans Must Reject Being Used as a Wedge by Those Who Oppose Affirmative Action

JennDecember 15, 2015December 15, 2015

Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for over an hour with regards to Fisher II, the second hearing of…

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