Brown People Problems

41. The problem with the Model Minority Myth


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In today's episode we are talking about how the model minority myth came to be, and its critiques.

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Resources: https://www.pewresearch.org/2023/11/30/asian-americans-and-the-model-minority-stereotype/ https://time.com/5859206/anti-asian-racism-america/

image: https://bpr.studentorg.berkeley.edu/2023/12/09/affirmative-action-and-the-model-minority-myth/ image: https://pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/debunking-the-model-minority-myth/ image: https://adaa.org/learn-from-us/from-the-experts/blog-posts/professional/too-well-seek-help-model-minority-myth-asian https://www.npr.org/2021/05/25/999874296/6-charts-that-dismantle-the-trope-of-asian-americans-as-a-model-minorityhttps://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/model-minorityhttps://canadianwomen.org/blog/the-model-minority-myth-with-prachi-gupta/[https://depts.washington.edu/sibl/Publications/Model Minority Section (2011).pdf](https://depts.washington.edu/sibl/Publications/Model%20Minority%20Section%20(2011).pdf) https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/3575-asian-heritage-month#https://adaa.org/learn-from-us/from-the-experts/blog-posts/professional/too-well-seek-help-model-minority-myth-asian[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/model-minority#:~:text=The myth has been used,the oppression they live with](https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/model-minority#:~:text=The%20myth%20has%20been%20used,the%20oppression%20they%20live%20with).https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/19/524571669/model-minority-myth-again-used-as-a-racial-wedge-between-asians-and-blacks

https://www.bloomberg.com/company/stories/dismantling-the-model-minority-myth-surrounding-asians-and-pacific-islanders-in-the-u-s/

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